A Zanuck production lends itself to the overblown treatment, and in this fiercely patriotic film about a Hollywood idea of the UK during WW2 has its heart in the right place, and no doubt it helped many to come to terms with the darkest period of the war. Long speeches mainly from Joan Fontaine extol all the cliches of what her country means, and deserter from the army played rather darkly by Tyrone Power listens in wonder. Anatole Litvak directs ably, but somehow the film's attacks on the aristocracy who are portrayed as being indifferent and snobbish, and Gladys Cooper has a cameo role stands in for the worst of them sounds false. But the mood changes and fighting for ye olde England contradicts any criticism. It is enjoyable if in the mood for treacly sentiments, and the black and white photography almost hides its studio bound vision of England. Good for a wet English afternoon, and the rain pours down the window as I write this. My tears blend in with this tearjerker.