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The World Owes Me a Living is a British film of genre Drama directed by Vernon Sewell with David Farrar
The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h30
Directed by Vernon Sewell
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Rating54%
The World Owes Me a Living is a 1945 British Second World War drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring David Farrar and Judy Campbell. The film is based on a novel by John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed in action in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force. Its credits acknowledged the assistance and co-operation of the Air Ministry and the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
Synopsis
In June 1944, Air Commodore Paul Collyer (Farrar) crash lands his plane on return from a reconnaissance mission. He appears to be suffering from amnesia and is unable to pass on the vital information he learned from the mission. The surgeon diagnoses no actual injury to the brain, but states that the memory loss is most likely attributable to shock, and in such cases memory is most often recovered through some mental jolt from the past. Moira Barrett (Campbell) is summoned to his bedside; he seems to recognise her, and his mind starts to go into flashback mode.Actors
David Farrar
(Paul Collyer)
Judy Campbell
(Moira Barrett)
Sonia Dresdel
(Eve Heathley)
Jack Livesey
(Jack Graves)
Eric Barker
(Chuck Rockley)
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