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Great Day is a British film of genre Drama directed by Lance Comfort released in USA on 30 october 1946 with Eric Portman

Great Day (1945)

Great Day
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Released in USA 30 october 1946
Length 1h2
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating63% 3.193813.193813.193813.193813.19381

For the 1921 British short film, see The Great Day. For the unfinished MGM musical, see Great Day (1930 film).


Great Day (1945) is a British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Eric Portman and Flora Robson. In the film, the small English village of Denley is thrown into excitement by the impending visit of Eleanor Roosevelt. However, the impoverished local squire is threatened with disgrace and ruin as the day approaches.

The film recorded a loss of $232,000.

Actors

Eric Portman

(Capt. John Ellis)Flora Robson

(Mrs. Liz Ellis)Marjorie Rhodes

(Mrs. Nora Mumford)Sheila Sim

(Margaret Ellis)Isabel Jeans

(Lady Mott)
And :
Maire O'Neill
Walter Fitzgerald
Kathleen Harrison
Philip Friend
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