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Directed By
David Lean
Written By
Noël Coward
play "Still Life" / screenplay
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Writer
David Lean
Writer
Ronald Neame
Writer
Cast
Celia Johnson
Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard
Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway
Albert Godby
Joyce Carey
Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond
Fred Jesson
Everley Gregg
Dolly Messiter
Marjorie Mars
Mary Norton
Margaret Barton
Beryl Walters - Tea Room Assistant
Wilfred Babbage
Policeman at War Memorial
Alfie Bass
Waiter at the Royal
Wallace Bosco
Doctor at Bobbie's Accident
Sydney Bromley
Johnnie - Second Soldier
Noël Coward
Train Station Announcer
Nuna Davey
Herminie Rolandson - Mary's Cousin
Valentine Dyall
Stephen Lynn - Alec's 'Friend'
Irene Handl
Cellist and Organist
Dennis Harkin
Stanley - Beryl's Man
Edward Hodge
Bill - First Soldier
Frederick Kelsey
Man in Cinema
Jack May
Boat Rental Man
Avis Scott
Kardomah Waitress
George V. Sheldon
Clergyman - Train Passenger
Richard Thomas
Bobbie Jesson
Henrietta Vincent
Margaret Jesson
Produced By
Noël Coward
producer
Anthony Havelock-Allan
producer
Ronald Neame
producer
Cinematography
Robert Krasker
director of photography
Sound
Desmond Dew
sound recordist
Stanley Lambourne
sound recordist
Harry Miller
sound editor
Eric Clennell
boom operator
Peter Davies
dubbing sound camera
Harry Raynham
sound camera operator
Editing
Jack Harris
Art Direction
Lawrence P. Williams
Art Director
Special Effects
George Blackwell
special effects
Visual Effects
Charles Staffell
back projection
Assistant Director
George Pollock
assistant director
Chick Simpson
third assistant director
Victor Wark
second assistant director
Production Management
Anthony Havelock-Allan
in charge of production
E.J. Holding
production manager
Ronald Neame
in charge of production
Art Department
G.E. Calthrop
art supervisor: Noel Coward
George Demaine
scenic artist
R. Field-Smith
draughtsman
William Kellner
draughtsman
Elven Webb
assistant art director
Herbert Westbrook
draughtsman
Editorial
Margery Saunders
associate editor
John Cooke
second assistant editor
Winston Ryder
assistant editor
Other
Renée Glynne
production secretary
Music Department
John Hollingsworth
associate musical director
Percival Mackey
composer: additional music
Muir Mathieson
composer: additional music
Camera Department
B. Francke
camera operator
Jim Body
focus puller
Alan Bryce
clapper loader
Arthur Ibbetson
focus puller
Ronald Neame
director of photography: additional photography
E. Owen
clapper loader
Location Management
T. Tomson
location manager
Script Department
Maggie Unsworth
continuity
Renée Glynne
assistant continuity
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