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Angels One Five is a British film of genre Drama directed by George More O'Ferrall released in USA on 30 april 1954 with Jack Hawkins
Angels One Five (1952)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 april 1954
Length 1h38
Directed by George More O'Ferrall
OriginUnited-kingdom
Rating64%
Angels One Five is a 1952 British film directed by George More O'Ferrall, and starring Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Gregson, Cyril Raymond and Veronica Hurst. Based on the book What Are Your Angels Now? by Pelham Groom (who was also technical advisor to the film under his full title of W/Cdr. A. J. C. Pelham Groom), the plot centres on a young fighter pilot immediately before and during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. Some scenes in the film were shot at RAF Uxbridge, home to a wartime operations room.
"Angels One Five" refers to RAF radio procedure words, from the Second World War, indicating the altitude of a radar contact is 15,000 feet.
Synopsis
The film begins with a replacement, Pilot Officer T. B. "Septic" Baird (John Gregson), landing his Hawker Hurricane at "Pimpernel" Squadron's airfield. Just as he touches down however, a straggler from an earlier mission taxis across his path. Septic's quick reactions allow him to "leapfrog" the other Hurricane, averting a costly disaster. However, this causes him to crash his replacement plane into the bungalow of Squadron Leader Barry Clinton (Cyril Raymond) at the end of the runway.Actors
Jack Hawkins
(Group Captain 'Tiger' Small)
Michael Denison
(Squadron Leader Peter Moon)
Dulcie Gray
(Nadine Clinton)
John Gregson
(Pilot Officer T.B. 'Septic' Baird)
Harold Goodwin
(A.C. 2 Wailes)
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