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Somewhere On Leave. Image shows left to right: Toni Beaumont (Toni Lupino), Roy Desmond (Pat McGrath)
Somewhere On Leave

Somewhere On Leave

  • 1943 film

Thrown together by the disturbances of war, an aristocratic recruit falls in love with an A.T.S. girl. Stars Frank Randle, Harry Korris, Dan Young, Robbie Vincent, Toni Lupino and more.

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Somewhere On Leave. Image shows left to right: Private Dan Young (Dan Young), Sergeant Harry Korris (Harry Korris), Private Frank Randle (Frank Randle)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1943
Stars
Frank Randle, Harry Korris, Dan Young, Robbie Vincent, Toni Lupino, Pat McGrath, Tonie Edgar Bruce, Edna Wood and more
Writers
Arthur Mertz and John E. Blakeley
Director
John E. Blakeley
Producers
F.W. Baker and John E. Blakeley
Company

Finding himself at an army base somewhere in England, young aristocratic recruit Private Roy Desmond quickly falls in love with newly arrived A.T.S. girl Toni Beaumont.

Life on the base is odd to say the least, and certain other privates - particularly Randle, Young and Vincent - ensure there's always something bizarrely odd going on. Sergeant Korris is not much better, and Desmond soon befriends them all.

After performing at a concert party together, Roy invites the gang to all spend their upcoming leave with him at his family's estate. He's particularly keen to introduce Toni to his mother, but with her parents recently killed in the Blitz on London and a shock delivered from the family solicitor, she finds herself in quite a quandary.

Additional details

UK certificate
U
Duration
96 minutes
UK release
February 1943
Produced
1942
Distributors

Butcher's Film Service

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white
Soundtrack
Lyrics to original songs written by Arthur Mertz.

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Monday 1st April 2024 at 3:55am on TPTV
  • Tuesday 7th November 2023 at 7:35am on TPTV
  • Thursday 15th June 2023 at 6:30am on TPTV

Recording details

  • Riverside Studios

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