Movie
The Stars Look Down
Released: January 22, 1940 (1940)
Runtime: 110 minutes
Genres: Drama
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Edward Rigby as Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Age at release: 60
- Nancy Price as Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Age at release: 59
- Allan Jeayes as Richard Barras - the mine owner
Age at release: 55
- Cecil Parker as Stanley Millington
Age at release: 42
- Emlyn Williams as Joe Gowlan
Age at release: 34
- Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick
Age at release: 31
- David Markham as Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Age at release: 26
- Linden Travers as Mrs. Laura Millington
Age at release: 26
- Margaret Lockwood as Jenny Sunley
Age at release: 23
- Desmond Tester as Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
Age at release: 20
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- Aubrey Mallalieu as Hudspeth
Age at release: 66
- James Harcourt as Will
Age at release: 66
- Lionel Barrymore as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Age at release: 61
- Milton Rosmer as Harry Nugent, MP
Age at release: 58
- Edmund Willard as Mr. Ramage
Age at release: 55
- Scott Harrold as Headmaster Strother
Age at release: 53
- Vincent Holman as 1st Arresting Policeman
Age at release: 53
- George Carney as Slogger Gowlan
Age at release: 52
- Ivor Barnard as Wept
Age at release: 52
- Ben Williams as Harry Brace
Age at release: 48
- Kynaston Reeves as Strother
Age at release: 46
- Frederick Burtwell as Union Official
Age at release: 46
- Frank Atkinson as Miner
Age at release: 46
- Howard Douglas as Miner at Rescue
Age at release: 44
- Cameron Hall as Cinema Commissionaire
Age at release: 43
- Dorothy Hamilton as Mrs. Reedy
Age at release: 42
- David Horne as Mr. Wilkins
Age at release: 41
- Olga Lindo as Mrs. Sunley
Age at release: 40
- Clive Baxter as Pat Reedy
Age at release: 16
- Bryan Herbert as Man Outside Football Ground
Age at release: Unknown