The Way to the Stars
1945 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,714 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Asquith
Overview
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,654 lines
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00:02:17 This was an airfiel
00:07:07 (klaxon)
00:11:29 l'm sending you up with Penrose to give him a look round, see how he gets on .
00:16:13 Well, next time, you might remember that you've got other people flying with you .
00:20:09 Squadron Leader Carter?
00:24:23 Ladies and gentlemen
00:28:27 Soft, languorous nights, a canopy of stars, the magic of the Orient.
00:31:54 It"s about my bottle of Worcester sauce
00:38:39 You'd better get the Adjutant to write her one of those letters of his.
00:43:50 What promise?
00:48:16 l tell you , those Heinis are in for the shock of their young lives.
00:52:02 - We've been waiting for 20 minutes for it. - Ssh!
00:55:00 There.
00:58:11 l know er...what you're thinking.
01:02:46 lf l gave you or anybody else the idea that bombing targets was going to be easy
01:06:57 Yes, l'm terribly sorry, but it is nearly closing time.
01:10:44 He was miserable if he flew without it.
01:14:58 Gosh, l...l...l don 't know what to say.
01:20:03 Oh, some RAF pathfinder types diverted here.
01:24:10 The old Lion looks positively romantic, doesn 't it?
01:28:30 Only...well, we got kinda used to your flying now, Johnny
01:32:50 Well, tell her you love her and then see what happens.
01:38:16 and that there are more important things in the world than entertaining you .
01:43:05 To keep your head and see his children fed ""