
Waterloo Bridge(1940)
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.


“They lived in the Shadow of Death!”
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.

John Garfield
Tom Prior

Paul Henreid
Henry Bergner

Sydney Greenstreet
Reverend Tim Thompson

Eleanor Parker
Ann Bergner

Edmund Gwenn
Scrubby

George Tobias
Pete Musick

George Coulouris
Mr. Lingley

Faye Emerson
Maxine Russell

Sara Allgood
Mrs. Midget

Dennis King
Reverend William Duke
Between Two Worlds is a drama, fantasy film released in 1944 exploring themes of afterlife, world war ii, ocean liner, fate, explosion, bombing. Directed by Edward A. Blatt, it stars John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet. Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
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