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    Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

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    Bafta-nominated Virginia McKenna gives an understated but well-pitched performance as Violette Szabo, a glamorous young woman whose life in London is barely affected by the Second World War until she meets and marries a French officer.

    But he is soon killed in action, and she finds herself drawn into espionage work, risking her life in occupied France as a British spy.

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    Made by the same team of director Lewis Gilbert and co-writer Vernon Harris that brought the Douglas Bader biopic Reach for the Sky (1956) to the screen, this is another well-crafted biographical drama inspired by real-life heroism beyond the call of duty.

    The supporting cast is pretty good, too, and includes an all-too-rare big-screen appearance from theatre giant Paul Scofield.

    Violette Szabo
    Virginia McKenna
    Tony Fraser
    Paul Scofield
    Mr Bushell
    Jack Warner
    Mrs Bushell
    Denise Grey
    Etienne Szabo
    Alain Saury
    Jacques
    Maurice Ronet
    Lillian Rolfe
    Anne Leon
    Potter
    Sydney Tafler
    Vera Atkins
    Avice Landone
    Denise Bloch
    Nicole Stéphane
    Winnie
    Billie Whitelaw
    Colonel Buckmaster
    William Mervyn
    Commandant Suhren
    Harold Lang

    Director
    Lewis Gilbert

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