The Volunteer

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The Volunteer
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Directed by	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger
Produced by	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger
Written by	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger
Starring	Ralph Richardson
Music by	Allan Gray
Cinematography	Frederick Ford
Editing by	John Seabourne Michael C. Chorlton
Release dates	10 January 1944 (1944-01-10)
Running time	24 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Volunteer (1944) is a short black-and-white British film by the filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for the U.K. Ministry of Information. Made during World War II as recruitment propaganda for the Fleet Air Arm, volunteer numbers rose after its release.

The films features actor Ralph Richardson starring in a West End production of Othello. Pat McGrath plays his dresser, who joins the Fleet Air Arm and becomes a war hero – as famous as Richardson himself. British film stars Anna Neagle and Laurence Olivier make cameo appearances, as does director Michael Powell and fellow British film director Anthony Asquith.

External links

The Volunteer reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages
The Volunteer at the Internet Movie Database
The Volunteer at allmovie

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The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

1930s	The Spy in Black The Lion Has Wings ¹

1940s	Contraband An Airman's Letter to His Mother ¹ 49th Parallel One of Our Aircraft is Missing The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Volunteer A Canterbury Tale I Know Where I'm Going! A Matter of Life and Death Black Narcissus The Red Shoes The Small Back Room

1950s	The Elusive Pimpernel Gone to Earth The Tales of Hoffmann Oh... Rosalinda!! The Battle of the River Plate Ill Met by Moonlight

1960s	Peeping Tom ¹ They're a Weird Mob Age of Consent ¹

1970s	The Boy Who Turned Yellow

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