The White Cliffs of Dover
Drama
War
Romance
The greatest love story of our time!
American 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, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John 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.
1944-05-11
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Cast
Director
Clarence Brown
Irene Dunne as Susan Dunn
Alan Marshal as John Ashwood
Roddy McDowall as John Ashwood II as a Boy
Frank Morgan as Hiram Porter Dunn
Van Johnson as Sam Bennett
C. Aubrey Smith as Walter Forsythe
May Whitty as Nanny
Gladys Cooper as Jean Ashwood
Peter Lawford as John Ashwood II as a Young Man
John Warburton as Reggie Ashwood
Jill Esmond as Rosamund
Brenda Forbes as Gwennie
Norma Varden as Mrs. Bland
Harry Allen as English Cabbie (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Edmund Breon as Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke as Indian Major in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Charles Coleman as Captain Davis (uncredited)
Clyde Cook as Jennings (uncredited)
Alec Craig as Billings (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery as Curate in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
George Davis as Boots (uncredited)
Kay Deslys as Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Vernon Downing as Lieutenant Davis Herrick (uncredited)
Tom Drake as Dying American Soldier (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited)
Herbert Evans as Footman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Emily Fitzroy as Spinster in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Douglas Grant as Corporal (uncredited)
Gary Gray as Boy at Dinner Table (uncredited)
Arthur Gould-Porter as Captain Portage (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer as Private (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare as The Vicar (uncredited)
Joy Harington as Nurse Margaret (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Molly Lamont as Helen Hampton (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh as British Naval Officer (uncredited)
Adolf E. Licho as Frenchman at Dieppe Train Station (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd as Plump Lady at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
June Lockhart as Betsy Kenney at Age 18 (uncredited)
Miles Mander as Major Loring (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra as Indian Student in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Gavin Muir as Captain Griffiths (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith as Orderly in Hospital (uncredited)
J. Pat O'Malley as Martin (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Miller (uncredited)
Arthur Shields as Benson (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor as Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
Larry Wheat as Guest in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe as Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited)