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).
Credits
Give Us the Moon Cast
Name |
Character |
Peter Graves
He was 18, 83 years old when he died
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as Peter Pyke |
Jean Simmons
She was 15, 80 years old when she died
|
as Heidi |
Margaret Lockwood
She was 28, 73 years old when she died
|
as Nina |
Roland Culver
He was 44, 83 years old when he died
|
as Ferdinand |
Irene Handl
She was 42, 85 years old when she died
|
as Miss Haddock |
Eliot Makeham
He was 61, 73 years old when he died
|
as Dumka |
Gibb McLaughlin
He was 60, 75 years old when he died
|
as Marcel |
Henry Hewitt
He was 58, 82 years old when he died
|
as Announcer |
Iris Lang
|
as Tania |
Frank Cellier
He was 60, 64 years old when he died
|
as Pyke |
George Relph
He was 56, 72 years old when he died
|
as Otto |
Give Us the Moon Crew
Name |
Department |
Elizabeth Haffenden as Costume Design. She was 38 (70) years old when She died
|
Costume & Make-Up |
Edward Black as Producer. He was 44 (48) years old when He died
|
Production |
Maurice Carter as Art Direction. He was 32 (23) years old when He died
|
Art |
Val Guest as Director. He was 32 (94) years old when He died
|
Directing |
Val Guest as Writer. He was 32 (94) years old when He died
|
Writing |
Phil Grindrod as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
Phil Grindrod as Editor. |
Editing |
Caryl Brahms as Novel. She was 42 (80) years old when She died
|
Writing |