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Waterloo Road

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.

Release Date : 1945-02-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gainsborough PicturesJ. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jim Colter

Original Name : John Mills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ted Purvis

Original Name : Stewart Granger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Montgomery

Original Name : Alastair Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tillie Colter

Original Name : Joy Shelton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ruby

Original Name : Alison Leggatt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toni

Original Name : Jean Kent

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Colter

Original Name : Beatrice Varley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom Mason

Original Name : George Carney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Duggan

Original Name : Leslie Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cpl Lewis

Original Name : Ben Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Anna Konstam

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Vera Frances

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Wylie Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Merritt

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Atkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nellie Bowman

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Boxer

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Dave Crowley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Amy Dalby

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Arthur Denton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mabel Etherington

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Ian Fleming

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Peter Hammond

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Laurence Hanray

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Dennis Harkin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Kathleen Harrison

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Vincent Holman

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Wallace Lupino

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Pat Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Johnnie Schofield

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Leonard Sharp

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Terry

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

John Mills, Alastair Sim and Stewart Granger, quite a trio. Waterloo Road is a tidily produced picture that is telling a pretty prickly story. The plot revolves around John Mills everyman railway worker Jim Colte, he gets called up to do his service in the army, leaving behind his recently wedded bride, Tillie. The local Lothario, Ted Purvis (Stewart Granger) has his eye on Tillie, and with Tillie feeling alone and vulnerable, Purvis may just get his wicked way with her. But Jim gets wind of this and after being refused compassionate leave by his superiors, he goes AWOL and intends to track Purvis down. We are told this story by Alastair Sim's wonderfully astute Dr.Montgomery, who has been sent a fair bit of work from previous Purvis doings. The film plays out with Jim dodging the military police and lurching from one Purvis haunt to another, inter cut with this is us following Purvis and Tillie out on the town as the day of reckoning for all three of them draws near. When the finale comes it's well worth the wait, mighty midget John Mills (brilliant here) facing off against the tall and fulsome Stewart Granger, just as Adolf decides to bomb London! A smashing little film that is risqué with it's themes of unfaithful wives and soldiers absconding from service. 7/10