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Tawny Pipit

  • 1944
  • Approved
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
238
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Tawny Pipit (1944)
Comedy

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and his nurse Hazel Broome, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. Aft... Read allJimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and his nurse Hazel Broome, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run-in with the army and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the villa... Read allJimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and his nurse Hazel Broome, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run-in with the army and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in... Read all

  • Directors
    • Bernard Miles
    • Charles Saunders
  • Writers
    • Bernard Miles
    • Charles Saunders
  • Stars
    • Bernard Miles
    • Rosamund John
    • Niall MacGinnis
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    238
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    • Directors
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
    • Writers
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
    • Stars
      • Bernard Miles
      • Rosamund John
      • Niall MacGinnis
    • 13User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    • Col. Barton-Barrington
    Rosamund John
    Rosamund John
    • Hazel Broome
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Jimmy Bancroft
    Jean Gillie
    Jean Gillie
    • Nancy Forester
    Lucie Mannheim
    Lucie Mannheim
    • Russian Sniper
    Christopher Steele
    • Reverend Kingsley
    Brefni O'Rorke
    Brefni O'Rorke
    • Uncle Arthur
    George Carney
    George Carney
    • Whimbrel
    Wylie Watson
    Wylie Watson
    • Crasker
    Lyonel Watts
    • Silver
    • (as Lionel Watts)
    Scott Harrold
    • Shuttleworth
    • (as Scott Harold)
    Arthur Burne
    • Hambling
    Billy Bridget
    • Alec
    Jackie Christie
    • Ernie
    John Salew
    • Pickering
    Marjorie Rhodes
    • Mrs. Pickering
    John Rae
    • Mc Dougall
    Ann Wilton
    • Miss Penyman
    • Directors
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
    • Writers
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
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    • Trivia
      The birds in the film aren't actually Tawny Pipits, they are Meadow Pipits. Tawny Pipits are very rare in the UK (even more so in wartime when this film was made) and it wasn't possible to find any to film. The rarity of the Tawny Pipit is a major thread to the story. It was decided to photograph a pair of ordinary meadow pipits and keep to shots which showed the back view only; the tawny has a plain breast and the meadow a speckled one, but their back plumage is very similar.
    • Quotes

      Colonel Barton-Barrington: This love of animals and nature has always been part and parcel of the British way of life and it's going to go on being. Now then, we've welcomed to our country thousands of foreigners - French, Dutch, Poles, Czechs, and so on, and a lot of them are jolly decent people and anyway they can't help being foreigners...

    • Crazy credits
      End credits cast list: 'AND MR. and MRS. PIPIT - The Tawny Pipits
    • Connections
      Featured in Timeshift: Watching the Russians (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      All Things Bright and Beautiful
      (uncredited)

      Music by William H. Monk and lyrics by Cecil F. Alexander (as Mrs Cecil Alexander)

      Sung by the church congregation in the final scene

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    nostalgia in the slaughters
    A film that I have only recently discovered. I taped it late one night and copied in onto another tape cutting out the adverts. What a marvelous little film this is with the subliminal message that nobody is going to change the English village way of life. I made a point of visiting Lower Slaughter yesterday and the village is identical to how it was 62 years ago. The mill wheel and the bridge behind it remain the same, great film, great location and a marvelous slice of social and cinema history. I am sure that I saw a Tawny pipit in the distance.Unlike the Titfield Thunderbolt which shows an England that does not exist anymore this great film shows locations that remain the same to this day.
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    • Oct 2, 2006

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    • Release date
      • August 15, 1945 (Portugal)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Poema da paz
    • Filming locations
      • Lower Slaughter, Eastleach, Gloucestershire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Two Cities Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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