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    Angels One Five (1952)

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    Filmed at RAF Kenley in Surrey, Angels One Five tells the story of some of the “Few” – the men of the Royal Air Force who flew the Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Battle of Britain in 1940 – who managed to stave off the Luftwaffe despite being outnumbered six to one by the Germans.

    Much of the film deals with the day to day life of the young anxious Hurricane pilots of Pimpernel Squadron under the command of the stern but likeable Group Captain ‘Tiger’ Small (Jack Hawkins).

    Pilot Officer ‘Septic’ Baird (John Gregson) is new to the squadron and makes a serious mistake during a mission where the lives of the other pilots are put in danger because of his lack of discipline and disregard for protocol.

    Everyone is terribly polite and decent but there’s little in the way of air combat until the last few minutes, and while the Hurricanes are real (some of them were borrowed from the Portuguese Air Force), the German planes are all quite obviously models.

    Group Captain ‘Tiger’ Small
    Jack Hawkins
    Squadron Leader Peter Moon
    Michael Denison
    Squadron Leader Bill Ponsford
    Andrew Osborn
    Squadron Leader Barry Clinton
    Cyril Raymond
    Flight Lt. ‘Batchy’ Salter
    Humphrey Lestocq
    Pilot Officer ‘Septic’ Baird
    John Gregson
    Group Controller
    Ronald Adam
    Nadine Clinton
    Dulcie Gray
    Betty Carfax
    Veronica Hurst
    Aunt Tabitha
    Amy Veness
    Jacko
    John Barry
    Raines
    Russell Hunter
    Falk
    Terence Longdon
    Mortimer
    Harold Siddons
    Bonzo
    Norman Pierce
    Squadron Leader Marlow
    Anthony Moore

    Director
    George More O’Ferrall

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