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Waterloo Bridge (1940)

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Given the omnipresence of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1940, the second film version of Robert E. Sherwood's Waterloo Bridge would have to be laundered and softened to pass muster. In the original, made in 1931, the heroine is nothing more or less than a streetwalker, patrolling London's Waterloo Bridge during World War I in hopes of picking up the occasional soldier. She falls in love with one of her clients, a young officer from an aristocratic family. Gently informed by the young

Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy

In Theaters: May 17, 1940 Wide

On DVD: Jan 27, 2009

Cast

Vivien Leigh
Myra
Robert Taylor
Capt. Roy Cronin
Lucile Watson
Margaret Cronin
Virginia Field
Kitty
Maria Ouspenskaya
Mme. Olga Kirowa
C. Aubrey Smith
The Duke
Janet Shaw
Maureen
Janet Waldo
Elsa
Steffi Duna
Lydia
Virginia Carroll
Sylvia
Leda Nicova
Marie
Florence Baker
Beatrice
Eleanor Stewart
Grace
Clara Reid
Mrs. Bassett
Leo G Carroll
Policeman
Harry Allen
Taxi Driver
Jimmy Aubrey
Cockney
Phyllis Barry
Malicious Girl
David Clyde
Barnes the Butler
Denis D'Auburn
Generous Man
Frank Dawson
Vicar's Butler
Gilbert Emery
Colonel
Herbert Evans
Commissionaire
Denis Green
Sergeant on Bridge
Ethel Griffies
Mrs. Clark
Winifred Harris
Dowager
Halliwell Hobbes
Vicar
Charles Irwin
Announcer
George Kirby
Waiter
Eric Lonsdale
Soldier
Wilfred Lucas
Elderly Huntsman
James May
Cockney
Florine McKinney
Viola
Charles McNaughton
Mack the Waiter
Leonard Mudie
Parker
Tempe Piggott
Cockney
Elsa Prescott
Cockney Woman
Jean Prescott
Girl
Paul Scardon
Doorman
Wyndham Standing
Toff
Harry Stubbs
Proprietor of Eating Ho...
David Thursby
Cockney
Norma Varden
Hostess
Martha Wentworth
Tart on Bridge
Eric Wilton
Headwaiter
Douglas Wood
Vicar
Colin Campbell
Groom
Frank Mitchell
Father
Bill James
Sergeant
Rita Carlyle
Flower Woman
Douglas Gordon
Taxi Driver
Bobby Hale
Taxi Driver
Robert Winkler
Boy
Harold Howard
Ticket Collector
Frances McInerney
Violet
John Power
Toff's Companion

Critic Reviews for Waterloo Bridge

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)

Let there be no doubt about it. Vivien Leigh is as fine an actress as we have on the screen today. Maybe even the finest, and that's a lot to say.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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A glossy MGM weeper. A chick flick from the golden era.

November 3, 2002 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Glossy, sanitized remake of the brilliant 1931 James Whale film

July 30, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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I love tragic romances, and this is one of the best. A tearjerker about a WWI soldier (played by the BEAUTIFUL Robert Taylor), and the woman he loves (played by the almost as beautiful Vivien Leigh), who meet during an air raid in London, but then are separated by the same war that brought them together. It is also a

February 3, 2008

Cindy I

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Classic romantic trajedy. Vivien Leigh is outstanding.

November 2, 2007

Jason Davies

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