They Were Not Divided

They Were Not Divided
Theatrical poster
Directed byTerence Young
Written byTerence Young
Produced byHerbert Smith
Starring
CinematographyHarry Waxman
Edited byVera Campbell
Ralph Kemplen
Music byLambert Williamson
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 29 March 1950 (1950-03-29)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£167,000[1]

They Were Not Divided is a 1950 British war film, which depicted the Guards Armoured Division in Second World War Europe. It was written and directed by Terence Young, a former Guards officer who served in the campaigns depicted in the film.

The cast consists of little known professional actors, and real soldiers with speaking parts. The male leads are Edward Underdown and Ralph Clanton with Michael Trubshawe. Two supporting actors who became famous later on are Christopher Lee as a tank commander and Desmond Llewelyn as a tank gunner. Anthony Dawson later made appearances in a large number of Terence Young's films.

Sections of the action are interspersed with documentary footage from the war creating the "scene-setting".

  1. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 281.