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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

  • War
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Roger LiveseyRoger LiveseyMajor General Clive Wynne-Candy
  • Photo of Deborah KerrDeborah KerrEdith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
  • Photo of Anton WalbrookAnton WalbrookTheo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
  • Photo of Roland CulverRoland CulverCol. Betteridge
  • Photo of James McKechnieJames McKechnieSpud Wilson
  • Photo of Arthur WontnerArthur WontnerEmbassy Counsellor
  • Photo of David HutchesonDavid HutchesonHoppy
  • Photo of Ursula JeansUrsula JeansFrau von Kalteneck
  • Photo of John LaurieJohn LaurieMurdoch
  • Photo of Harry WelchmanHarry WelchmanMajor Davies

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