Against The Wind.

Duration: 95 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A melodrama told in semi-documentary style. A group of people, trained for espionage by British Intelligence in 1943, parachute into Belgium to destroy Gestapo records and free an important British agent.

Complete Record: AGAINST THE WIND. Ealing Studios, Ltd., London, c1948. Released in the U. S. through Eagle Lion Films, Inc., 1949. 95 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A melodrama told in semi-documentary style. A group of people, trained for espionage by British Intelligence in 1943, parachute into Belgium to destroy Gestapo records and free an important British agent. Credits: Producer, Michael Balcon; director, Charles Crichton; original story, J. Elder Wills; adaptation, Michael Pertwee; screenplay, T. E. B. Clarke; music, Leslie Bridgewater, editor, Alan Osbiston. Cast: Robert Beatty, Jack Warner, Simone Signoret, Gordon Jackson, Paul Dupuis. © Ealing Studios, Ltd.; 25Feb48; LP2539.