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...Arthur Rank's London Films Company has made another first-rate movie. It transforms to the screen Terence Rattigan's successful play about the fight to clear the Winslow boy of unjust forgery and robbery charges which led to expulsion from the Admiralty Naval College...
...Right be done!" Every major character over 13 years old solemnly repeats the phrase at some time or other to make sure that the point of the picture is never in doubt. Second, several scenes inside the House of Commons and in court were added to the original Winslow home setting: both for variety and so that Robert Donat might fully develop his barrister role...
Donat heads an exceptional English cast. As Sir Robert Morton, he plays the part of a famous English lawyer who sacrifices a high official appointment to publicize and petition the Winslow case against the Admiralty. His heartless questioning of the boy to discover guilt or innocence, his address in Commons denouncing the Admiralty, and his court-room defense are so convincing that they become the three high points of the movie...
...Cedric Hardwicke and Frances Leighton give excellent unsentimental performances of Ronnie's father and sister. Arthur Winslow spends his health and, with his daughter's approval, her dowry to clear the family honor. Yet there is never a hint of hand-wringing or "What-Shall-We-Do?" histronics. The feeling of continued hardship is worked in by the skillful use of gloomy, gray photography...
...WINSLOW H. CASE...