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Tawny Pipit

  • 1944
  • Approved
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
261
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Tawny Pipit (1944)
Comedy

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and his nurse Hazel Broome, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. Aft... Read allJimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and his nurse Hazel Broome, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run-in with the army and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the villa... Read allJimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and his nurse Hazel Broome, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run-in with the army and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in... Read all

  • Directors
    • Bernard Miles
    • Charles Saunders
  • Writers
    • Bernard Miles
    • Charles Saunders
  • Stars
    • Bernard Miles
    • Rosamund John
    • Niall MacGinnis
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    261
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
    • Writers
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
    • Stars
      • Bernard Miles
      • Rosamund John
      • Niall MacGinnis
    • 15User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    • Col. Barton-Barrington
    Rosamund John
    Rosamund John
    • Hazel Broome
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Jimmy Bancroft
    Jean Gillie
    Jean Gillie
    • Nancy Forester
    Lucie Mannheim
    Lucie Mannheim
    • Russian Sniper
    Christopher Steele
    • Reverend Kingsley
    Brefni O'Rorke
    Brefni O'Rorke
    • Uncle Arthur
    George Carney
    George Carney
    • Whimbrel
    Wylie Watson
    Wylie Watson
    • Crasker
    Lyonel Watts
    Lyonel Watts
    • Silver
    • (as Lionel Watts)
    Scott Harrold
    • Shuttleworth
    • (as Scott Harold)
    Arthur Burne
    Arthur Burne
    • Hambling
    Billy Bridget
    • Alec
    Jackie Christie
    • Ernie
    John Salew
    John Salew
    • Pickering
    Marjorie Rhodes
    Marjorie Rhodes
    • Mrs. Pickering
    John Rae
    • Mc Dougall
    Ann Wilton
    • Miss Penyman
    • Directors
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
    • Writers
      • Bernard Miles
      • Charles Saunders
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    7Kym_Y

    What we were fighting for

    The real essence of this delightful rural comedy: Civlized societies defend their weakest members and value every person, including eccentrics.

    Remember that in the '30s, many people saw totalitarianism as being the new. organized, "efficient" way - whilst western Europe was disorganized. The West's governments were seen as being to hidebound and conservative, lacking answers to the chaos of the Depression.

    Tawny Pippit showed that our "old-fashioned" system had the right stuff, because it valued freedom, the right to be different and protection of the weak, and showed that countries facing challenges can succeed, even if seeming dis-organized, through shared morals & commitment coming from the people themselves and not dictated - it proved that in the end, good government is the servant of the people.
    7ptb-8

    Well worth whistling about

    Truly beautiful and atmospheric British film made in rural UK during WW2, Tawny Pippit shows the delicate balance sought during a dangerous time. All the adjectives apply as it is charming and delightful and especially emotional given the war was raging and this gently kind film offers an insight into the human condition. Other films like A BOY A GIRL AND A BIKE or the 1959 version of THE 39 STEPS allow international viewers to really appreciate the Brit humor of the countryside. There is a German film made in the alps late during the war about a shepherd and the fauna and flora as a paradise balance to the war raging nearby (I don't know its title) and TAWNY PIPPIT is almost a British counterpart. Young viewers might find it all a bit Dad's Army, but mature viewers will get the lovely feeling this films wants you to have.
    HanShann

    Tawny Pipit was filmed in Gloucestershire

    Tawny Pipit was filmed in and around Bourton-on-the-Water, in Gloucestershire. I know this because my mother is one of the children, front and center, in the church choir scene. She was one of those children evacuated from London, and living with her grandparents during the war. I have been searching the world for a copy of this on video, but apparently it has never been been released to video. I sure wish it was. My mother is now 65, and would love to possess it as a memento of her childhood.
    steve-1241

    nostalgia in the slaughters

    A film that I have only recently discovered. I taped it late one night and copied in onto another tape cutting out the adverts. What a marvelous little film this is with the subliminal message that nobody is going to change the English village way of life. I made a point of visiting Lower Slaughter yesterday and the village is identical to how it was 62 years ago. The mill wheel and the bridge behind it remain the same, great film, great location and a marvelous slice of social and cinema history. I am sure that I saw a Tawny pipit in the distance.Unlike the Titfield Thunderbolt which shows an England that does not exist anymore this great film shows locations that remain the same to this day.
    8doloresmyatt

    ye olde england

    I have seen this film a few times over the years on TV and the best thing I liked about it is the pub scene where the man from Suffolk berates the people in the pub from Norfolk for being slow to act and refers to a time in the history when Suffolk were fighting an enemy while Norfolk people were still talking about doing something.this type of thing was quite common in England in the past and you were branded what type of person you were from where you lived in England and no doubt Ireland Scotland USA etc.

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    • Trivia
      The birds in the film aren't actually Tawny Pipits, they are Meadow Pipits. Tawny Pipits are very rare in the UK (even more so in wartime when this film was made) and it wasn't possible to find any to film. The rarity of the Tawny Pipit is a major thread to the story. It was decided to photograph a pair of ordinary meadow pipits and keep to shots which showed the back view only; the tawny has a plain breast and the meadow a speckled one, but their back plumage is very similar.
    • Quotes

      Colonel Barton-Barrington: This love of animals and nature has always been part and parcel of the British way of life and it's going to go on being. Now then, we've welcomed to our country thousands of foreigners - French, Dutch, Poles, Czechs, and so on, and a lot of them are jolly decent people and anyway they can't help being foreigners...

    • Crazy credits
      End credits cast list: 'AND MR. and MRS. PIPIT - The Tawny Pipits
    • Connections
      Featured in Timeshift: Watching the Russians (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      All Things Bright and Beautiful
      (uncredited)

      Music by William H. Monk and lyrics by Cecil F. Alexander (as Mrs Cecil Alexander)

      Sung by the church congregation in the final scene

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    • Release date
      • August 15, 1945 (Portugal)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Poema da paz
    • Filming locations
      • Lower Slaughter, Eastleach, Gloucestershire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Two Cities Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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