Posted: Mon., Dec. 31, 1951, 11:00pm PT

Angels One Five

(UK)

By Variety Staff

Templar/Associated British. Director George More O'Ferrall; Producer John W. Gossage, Derek Twist; Writer Derek Twist; Camera Christopher Challis Editor Daniel Birt; Music John Wooldridge (arr.) Art Fred Pusey

Jack Hawkins Michael Denison Dulcie Gray Andrew Osborn Cyril Raymond John Gregson

Action of Angels One Five takes place during the period described by Winston Churchill as 'Britain's finest hour', when a handful of fighter pilots (the few against the many) stemmed the air invasion by Nazi war planes.

Breaking away from the more conventional treatment, the script [from a story by Pelham Groom] watches the progress of the battle, not from the actual combats, but from the messages received by and emanating from the operational control room.

Competent acting is followed by whole cast. Jack Hawkins and Michael Denison are the two big shots of the base and their sharp discipline is tempered by a generous measure of understanding. Dulcie Gray has little more to do than appear sympathetic as the wife of the harassed control room chief.

(B&W) Extract of a review from 1952. Running time: 97 MIN.