Adventure for Two
1944 · 1 hr 54 min
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Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naive about British people, and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons, and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend, rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins, and Russia is attacked by Germany.
Cast of Adventure for Two
Laurence OlivierIvan Kouznetsoff
Penelope Dudley-WardAnn Tisdall
Marjorie FieldingMrs. Tisdall
Margaret RutherfordRowena Ventnor
Felix AylmerMr. Runalow
George ThorpeHerbert Tisdall
Leslie HensonHimself
Guy MiddletonDick Christian
Michael ShepleyMr. Walford
Edie MartinMiss Winifred Tisdall
Muriel AkedMrs. Tisdall-Stanton
Joyce GrenfellSybil Paulson
Everley GreggMrs. Flannel
Jack WatlingTom
David KeirJordan
Miles MallesonTheatre Cashier
Aubrey MallalieuToomes, the Butler
John LaurieWounded Sailor
Brian NissenGeorge Tisdall
John BoxerBritish Sailor
Johnnie SchofieldErnie
Marie AultMrs. Jones
Alexis ChesnakovRussian Delegate
Mavis ClairBarmaid
George ColePercy
Harry FowlerSmall Boy (An Evacuee)
Gladys HensonMrs. Frost
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteNightclub Waiter
Niall MacGinnisMan on Ship-Dedication Stand
Josephine MiddletonMrs. Tremlow
Charles PatonMr. Bishop
Marian SpencerMrs. Teddy Beckett
George StreetHeckler
Ben WilliamsHeckler
Ian WilsonArmy Bandmaster
Margaret WithersMrs. Elliston
Jack VyvyanOrator in Hyde Park