The White Cliffs of Dover
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Ashwood is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Clarence Brown
Casts & Crew
Irene Dunne
Alan Marshal
Roddy McDowall
Frank Morgan
Van Johnson
C. Aubrey Smith
May Whitty
Gladys Cooper
Peter Lawford
John Warburton
Jill Esmond
Brenda Forbes
Norma Varden
Harry Allen
Wilson Benge
Matthew Boulton
Edmund Breon
Clifford Brooke
Eldon Burkett
Elton Burkett
Bobby Callahan
Charles Coleman
Clyde Cook
Alec Craig
Ann Curzon
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Guy D'Ennery
George Davis
Ian Wolfe
Larry Wheat
Elizabeth Taylor
Arthur Shields
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mabel Row
J. Pat O'Malley
Ottola Nesmith
Gavin Muir
Leo Mostovoy
James Menzies
Lal Chand Mehra
Emily Massey
Miles Mander
June Lockhart
Doris Lloyd
Adolf E. Licho
Nelson Leigh
Molly Lamont
George Kirby
Charles Irwin
Stuart Holmes
Keith Hitchcock
Joy Harington
Lumsden Hare
Gerald Hamer
Ethel Griffies
Gary Gray
Douglas Grant
Vera Graaff
Arthur Gould-Porter
Bunny Gordon
Emily Fitzroy
Franklyn Farnum
Herbert Evans
Isobel Elsom
Tom Drake
Vernon Downing
Kay Deslys
Norbert Müller
Steven Muller
Jean Prescott
John Rogers
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