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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.

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

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.

The film is available as a supplement to the Criterion DVD of 49th Parallel.

External links

• The Volunteer reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages
• The Volunteer at IMDb
• The Volunteer at AllMovie

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