Welcome, Mr. Washington is a 1944 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Barbara Mullen, Donald Stewart and Peggy Cummins. The film was made by British National Films, based on a story by Noel Streatfeild.
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Directed by | Leslie S. Hiscott |
Written by | Jack Whittingham |
Based on | story by Noel Streatfeild |
Produced by | Elizabeth Hiscott |
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Edited by | Erwin Reiner |
Music by | John Borelli |
Production company | British National Films |
Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Welcome, Mr. Washington was listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films for some years.[1] It emerged in early 2016 that a complete print had been discovered in a locker in London's Cinema Museum. It was screened at BFI Southbank in late January.[2][3] It was shown on the British TV channel Talking Pictures TV on 13 October 2020.[4]
During the Second World War, two sisters are left almost penniless by their father's sudden death, and so they decide to lease their estate as an airbase to the newly-arrived American forces.[5]
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