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Went the Day Well?

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Went The Day Well?
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DVD Cover Art
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United Kingdom
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Release Date 1942
Language English
Studio Ealing Studios
Distributor Associated British Film Distributors
Main Cast
Character Actor
Oliver Wilsford Leslie Banks
Nora Ashton Valerie Taylor
Kommandant Orlter a.k.a Major Hammond Basil Sydney
Tom Sturry Frank Lawton


Went the Day Well? is a 1942 film which was released in Great Britain as unofficial propaganda. In the (fictional) village of Bramley End, a platoon of British soldiers arrive on maneuvers. They are welcomed by the residents, until it is revealed they are German paratroopers serving as the vanguard for the invasion. The villagers are round up and put in the Town Hall, where they try to get the word out to the Home Guard whilst planning an uprising. It is (loosely) based on a short story by Graham Greene, The Lieutenant Died Last.

Note that the plot bears some resemblance to the Jack Higgins novel, The Eagle Has Landed, and it's 1976 film adaptation.

The following weapons were used in the film Went the Day Well?:


Sidearms

Colt New Service

The Colt New Service is carried by Lieutenant Jung (David Farrar) and several other German paratroopers. One of these revolvers is captured by the villagers, and used in the uprising, notably by Joe Garbett (Johnnie Schofield) and Nora Ashton (Valerie Taylor).

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Colt New Service - .45 Caliber

Webley Mk VI

Kommandant Orlter (Basil Sydney) and several of the paratroopers under his command carry the Webley Mk VI.

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Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley

Submachine Guns

M1921A Thompson

The M1921A Thompson is carried by German soldiers, fitted with a 50-round drum magazine. It is later captured and used by the villagers, notably Tom Sturry (Frank Lawton), his father Jim (Norman Pierce) and Joe Garbett (Johnnie Schofield).

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Colt M1921A Thompson - .45 ACP

M1928A1 Thompson

The M1928A1 Thompson is used by several German soldiers, fitted with a stick magazine.

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M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP