21 August 1944 Fantasy, Drama 78 mins
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
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John Clements as Joe Dinmore
Googie Withers as Alice
Raymond Huntley as Malcolm Stritton
Renee Gadd as Mrs. Stritton
A.E. Matthews as Sir George Gedney
Mabel Terry-Lewis as Lady Loxfield
Ada Reeve as Mrs Barley
Norman Shelley as Mr Cudworth
Fanny Rowe as Philippa Loxfield
J. B. Priestley as Storyteller (uncredited)
Brenda Bruce as WAAF (uncredited)
Ralph Michael as Sergeant Jimmy (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield as Bert the Barman (uncredited)
Basil Dearden Director
Basil Dearden Writer
Michael Truman Editor
Len Page Sound Recordist
Sidney Cole Writer
Austin Dempster Camera Operator
Stanley Pavey Director of Photography
Michael Relph Art Direction
Tom Shenton Makeup Artist
Hal Mason Production Supervisor
J. B. Priestley Theatre Play
Sidney Cole Associate Producer
A.D. Valentine Sound Supervisor
United Kingdom 21 August 1944
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