Give Us the Moon

Name: Give Us the Moon
Director: Val Guest
Released: 1944
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver, Peter Graves, Roland Culver, Max Bacon

1944 · 95 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 248 VOTES · DIR. Val Guest

Overview

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).

Dialogue Timeline — 1,883 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:37 Three years ago today, the war came to an end.

00:06:14 l started the hard way.

00:10:31 Zakuski. We are famous for them.

00:15:32 Well, howdy, Heidi. l'm Pete.

00:18:26 - Now, wait a minute. - l will tell you why.

00:21:19 Oh, but l do. Whatever an Elephant is, l'd love to be one.

00:24:34 She shall be a princess like l was in Moscow and live in a palace.

00:29:12 - l expect high diplomacy is very tiring. - Yes, it must be the altitude. Ha ha.

00:35:38 Now, Count, if you'll only be seated.

00:38:51 ln my career, l've made some pretty big decisions.

00:41:52 No, you mean Joseph.

00:44:56 Has he been at the vodka?

00:47:57 Me tell a lie? But, Pete...

00:51:23 and depraved gypsy music sung by abandoned singers.

00:54:33 But Grisha's mother and my mother are very jealous.

00:58:09 He's forgiven our unfortunate accident of last week

01:01:40 She forgets her vows, her home -

01:05:06 Click, clack, click, clack!

01:08:10 l have come to say goodbye.

01:11:41 Oh, l don't know. l could use it for the funeral too.

01:15:41 Well, you do not seem to want him, the way you turn him out cold and hungry

01:19:33 Oh, my poor fat one. l know your trouble.

01:22:43 Never mind. We'll find some other way for you to kill yourself.

01:26:43 Heidi, must l?

Cast & Characters

Margaret Lockwood Nina Vic Oliver Sascha Peter Graves Peter Pyke Roland Culver Ferdinand Max Bacon Jacobus Frank Cellier Pyke Jean Simmons Heidi Eliot Makeham Dumka Iris Lang Tania George Relph Otto

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,883

Dialogue density19.8 lines / min

First line00:02:37

Final line01:26:43

Production Record

DirectorVal Guest

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes248