| Went the Day Well? | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Dudley Pout | |
| Directed by | Alberto Cavalcanti |
| Written by | Graham Greene (story) John Dighton Angus MacPhail Diana Morgan |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Leslie Banks Mervyn Johns Basil Sydney C. V. France Valerie Taylor Thora Hird David Farrar |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Sidney Cole |
| Music by | William Walton |
| Distributed by | Ealing Studios |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $680,000[1] |
Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It was produced by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios and served as unofficial propaganda for the war effort. The film shows a Southern English village taken over by German paratroopers, reflecting the greatest potential nightmare for the British public of the time, although the threat of German invasion had largely receded by that point. The film is notable for its unusually frank, for the time, depiction of ruthless violence.
- ^ "Three War Films Set to Star Prod". Variety. 13 May 1942. p. 13. Retrieved 20 March 2023.