

Forever and a Day
1943-01-21 · 104 min · ★ 7.5
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
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- Directors
- René Clair, Frank Lloyd, Robert Stevenson, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Herbert Wilcox, Victor Saville
- Production companies
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kent SmithGates Trimble Pomfret
Reginald GardinerAssistant Hotel Manager
Victor McLaglenArchibald Spavin
Billy BevanWartime Cabby
Arthur TreacherSecond Air Raid Watcher
Ruth WarrickLesley Trimble
C. Aubrey SmithEustace Trimble
Edmund GwennStubbs
Ray MillandBill Trimble
May WhittyLucy Trimble
Gene LockhartCobblewick
Anna NeagleSusan Trenchard
Claude RainsAmbrose Pomfret
Jessie MatthewsMildred Trimble
Reginald OwenSimpson
Ian HunterDexter Pomfret
Charles LaughtonBellamy
Cedric HardwickeMr. Dabb
Anna LeeCornelia Trimble-Pomfret
Patric KnowlesTrimble-Pomfret SonTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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