They Came to a City (1944)

Directors

Basil Dearden

Cast

John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley, Renee Gadd

The story

The story is framed as a tale told to a young couple by a stranger walking in a field overlooking a small British industrial city during WWII. The unnamed stranger is played by J.B. Priestley; his story is framed as a parable as to how people might live after the war, if they were presented with the opportunity to live in a utopia.

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