Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

The Picture With a $1,000,000 Cast

NR 1943 · 104 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, History

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.

Directed by Edmund Goulding · Written by Charles Bennett

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