Waterloo Road (1945)
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
Top billed cast
John MillsJim Colter
Stewart GrangerTed Purvis
Alastair SimDr. Montgomery
Joy SheltonTillie Colter
Alison LeggattRuby
Jean KentToni
Beatrice VarleyMrs. Colter
George CarneyTom Mason
Leslie BradleyMike Duggan
Ben WilliamsCpl Lewis
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