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Tell England is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Fay Compton, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord.[1] It is based on the 1922 novel Tell England by Ernest Raymond which featured two young men joining the army, and taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli.[2] Both directors had close memories of Gallipoli, as did Fay Compton's brother, Compton Mackenzie. Asquith's father H. H. Asquith had been Prime Minister at the time of the Gallipoli Landings, a fact which drew press attention to the film, while Barkas had fought at Suvla Bay in the Gallipoli campaign.
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| Produced by | H. Bruce Woolfe |
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| Edited by | Mary Field |
| Music by | Hubert Bath |
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| Distributed by | Wardour Films |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
In the United States it was released under the alternative title The Battle of Gallipoli.
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The film had originally been intended to be made as a silent film, but was delayed. It was made at Welwyn Studios using the German Klangfilm process. Much of the film was shot on location in Malta, standing in for Gallipoli.
- Fay Compton as Mrs. Doe
- Tony Bruce as Rupert Ray
- Carl Harbord as Edgar Doe
- Dennis Hoey as The Padre
- C. M. Hallard as The Colonel
- Gerald Rawlinson as Lt. Doon
- Frederick Lloyd as Capt. Hardy
- Sam Wilkinson as Private Booth
- Wally Patch as Sergeant
- Hubert Harben as Mr. Ray
- Ian Hamilton as himself[3]
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