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Major Barbara (1941)
Director: Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean
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From Time Out Film Guide
George Bernard Shaw collaborated on the screenplay of this straightforward adaptation of his 1905 comedy about the daughter of a munitions tycoon (Hiller) who joins the army - the Salvation Army, that is - pursued by an amorous professor of Greek (Harrison). There is plenty to relish, notably Newton and Morley hamming it up (as, respectively, the rumbustious Bill Walker and the overbearing tycoon), and Deborah Kerr in her debut; but it does tend to just sit there. It was David Lean's first shot at directing, but producer Pascal helmed the bulk of it.Author: TCh
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Director: Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean
Producer: Gabriel Pascal
Cast: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton, Emlyn Williams, David Tree, Marie Löhr, Sybil Thorndike, Deborah Kerr full cast
Duration: 121 mins
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