The Winslow Boy (1948 film)

The Winslow Boy
Original British poster
Directed byAnthony Asquith
Written byTerence Rattigan
Anatole de Grunwald
Anthony Asquith
Based onThe Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan
Produced byAnatole de Grunwald
StarringRobert Donat
Margaret Leighton
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Basil Radford
Neil North
Jack Watling
Kathleen Harrison
Hugh Dempster
CinematographyFreddie Young
Osmond H. Borradaile (exteriors)
Edited byGerald Turney-Smith
Music byWilliam Alwyn (comp.)
Dr. Hubert Clifford (dir.)
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films (UK)
Release date
  • 8 November 1948 (1948-11-08) (UK)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£425,915[1]
Box office£211,383 (UK)[2]

The Winslow Boy is a 1948 British drama film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's 1946 play The Winslow Boy.[3] It was made by De Grunwald Productions and distributed by the British Lion Film Corporation. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald with Teddy Baird as associate producer. The adapted screenplay was written by de Grunwald and Rattigan based on Rattigan's play. The music score was by William Alwyn and the cinematography by Freddie Young.[4]

The film stars Robert Donat, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Margaret Leighton with Basil Radford, Kathleen Harrison, Francis L. Sullivan, Marie Lohr and Jack Watling (who was also in the original West End theatre production).[5][6] Also in the cast are Stanley Holloway, Mona Washbourne, Ernest Thesiger, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lewis Casson, Cyril Ritchard and Dandy Nichols. Neil North, who plays the title role, also appeared in the 1999 film adaptation directed by David Mamet.[3][7]

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354
  2. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 20 No. 4, 2000
  3. ^ a b "The Winslow Boy (1948)". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017.
  4. ^ "The Winslow Boy (1949) – Anthony Asquith – Cast and Crew – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Winslow Boy, The (1948) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.
  6. ^ "Jack Watling". The Daily Telegraph. London. 25 May 2001.
  7. ^ "The Winslow Boy (1999) – David Mamet – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.