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Three people arrive in a village in Southern England in the early years of World War 2. Alison Smith is a London girl who is due to start working on a farm as a 'Land Girl'. Peter Gibbs is an Englishman conscripted into the army, taking a few days leave before going abroad. Bob Johnson is a U.S. Army sergeant who wanted to go to Canterbury, but got off here by mistake. As they walk into the village, Alison is attacked by 'The Glue Man', a prankster who pours glue in women's hair. The three of them start to explore the area to discover and expose 'The Glue Man' but then get engrossed in the history of the area and the tales of The Pilgrim's Way. The local magistrate, Thomas Colpeper, JP is a local historian and a very mysterious character who leads them further into the mystery.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War

Starring: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price

Released: August 21, 1944

Runtime: 124.0

Popularity Rating: 1.778

Independent Producers, The Archers

United Kingdom

Thomas Colpeper, JP Eric Portman
Alison Smith Sheila Sim
Peter Gibbs Dennis Price
Bob Johnson John Sweet
Thomas Duckett Charles Hawtrey
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot Esmond Knight
Woodcock Hay Petrie
Ned Horton George Merritt
Jim Horton Edward Rigby
Prudence Honeywood Freda Jackson
Fee Baker Betty Jardine
Organist Eliot Makeham

Art — Production Design: Alfred Junge
Camera — Director of Photography: Erwin Hillier
Directing — Director: Emeric Pressburger
Directing — Director: Michael Powell
Editing — Editor: John Seabourne Sr.
Production — Producer: Emeric Pressburger
Production — Producer: Michael Powell
Sound — Original Music Composer: Allan Gray
Writing — Writer: Emeric Pressburger
Writing — Writer: Michael Powell