Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
|
Reviews
Product Description
Jim Colter joins the army, leaving his wife behind. Whilst he is away, she meets and falls for Ted Purvis - the local lady-killer. When Jim's sister writes to him informing him of what is happening he breaks out of camp without leave and sets off to find his wife. With the military hot on his tail, Jim must settle things once and for all…
Product Description
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: WATERLOO ROAD tells the story of a love-triangle between a woman, her soldier husband, and her new lover. Jim Colter (John Mills) has joined the services, leaving his wife Tillie (Joy Shelton) with his mother (Beatrice Varley) and sister. Tillie is lonely, meets Ted Purvis (Stewart Granger), and falls for him. It turns out that Purvis is a small-time crook and swindler and falsified his medical records in order to avoid serving in the war. Jim finds out about the affair and deserts the war to return home and settle matters. ...Waterloo Road
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Good solid wartime British drama
Recently they showed a comparison of Britain from the air and particularly London. The Luftwaffe had filmed it on the very first raid so they had clear photos of what London had looked like before the Germans so kindly rearranged it.
This film opens with the doctor looking at a row of houses that have been cut short and then goes back to 1940 when it was complete. It is easy to forget what the world looked like and these films bring it all back to us. They were a form of propaganda as they reminded people what they were fighting for. In this case a decent way of life through adversity.
We have John Mills the brave Tommy who has been called up to defend his country whilst his wife as to live with his parents. It is very reminiscent of This Happy Breed by Noel Coward. In fact the sister/ sister in law is the same actress ( Alison Leggatt) and she plays the same sort of role. she is the whining troublemaker who is never happy.
She writes to her brother Jim to say that his wife is having an affair with the local spiv Ted Purvis. Stewart Granger is great in these roles of not very savoury characters . Normally he plays upper crust villains or slightly suspect officers. In this he is the archetypal working class spiv who had worked his ticket. Having his way with the women of London whilst are braves boys are fighting the Hun.
The story is good and solid and Jim's mum and dad play solid supporting roles not wanting to get involved and not wanting to believe that their daughter in law is going off the rails. The London background's are also the star of this film. A must for train spotters as Jim is an ex rail worker and the house is next to the railway line and a chase takes place over the railway tracks.
Jim goes AWOL and comes back to give the spiv one. This is the least convincing scene in the film as the spiv is supposed to be an ex boxer and John Mills is not known for his tough guy roles.He has to win of course against all odds.
It was interesting that life had to go on during the blitz and those scenes seemed realistic enough. Jim gets his wife back and we are lead to believe that nothing really went on. He goes back to his unit and the film ends with the doctor meeting the next generation and peace has been declared.
Highly recommended good solid piece of social history.
Recently they showed a comparison of Britain from the air and particularly London. The Luftwaffe had filmed it on the very first raid so they had clear photos of what London had looked like before the Germans so kindly rearranged it.
This film opens with the doctor looking at a row of houses that have been cut short and then goes back to 1940 when it was complete. It is easy to forget what the world looked like and these films bring it all back to us. They were a form of propaganda as they reminded people what they were fighting for. In this case a decent way of life through adversity.
We have John Mills the brave Tommy who has been called up to defend his country whilst his wife as to live with his parents. It is very reminiscent of This Happy Breed by Noel Coward. In fact the sister/ sister in law is the same actress ( Alison Leggatt) and she plays the same sort of role. she is the whining troublemaker who is never happy.
She writes to her brother Jim to say that his wife is having an affair with the local spiv Ted Purvis. Stewart Granger is great in these roles of not very savoury characters . Normally he plays upper crust villains or slightly suspect officers. In this he is the archetypal working class spiv who had worked his ticket. Having his way with the women of London whilst are braves boys are fighting the Hun.
The story is good and solid and Jim's mum and dad play solid supporting roles not wanting to get involved and not wanting to believe that their daughter in law is going off the rails. The London background's are also the star of this film. A must for train spotters as Jim is an ex rail worker and the house is next to the railway line and a chase takes place over the railway tracks.
Jim goes AWOL and comes back to give the spiv one. This is the least convincing scene in the film as the spiv is supposed to be an ex boxer and John Mills is not known for his tough guy roles.He has to win of course against all odds.
It was interesting that life had to go on during the blitz and those scenes seemed realistic enough. Jim gets his wife back and we are lead to believe that nothing really went on. He goes back to his unit and the film ends with the doctor meeting the next generation and peace has been declared.
Highly recommended good solid piece of social history.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a good tale of romance during World War 2, with a little humour here and there. (Any film with Alistair Sim in it, albeit only for brief appearances, is worth a viewing). It is particularly interesting because of the amount of location filming in immediate post-war London; there is, unsurprisingly given the title, a fair amount of railway coverage including a chase across the lines leading into Waterloo Station. The actors must have had to mind their steps to avoid the live rails!
Unfortunately the print quality is quite poor, with scratches, marks, and fairly poor definition when viewed on a 32" television. Yes it is an old film, but it is a shame a better print couldn't have been obtained.
Still, definitely worth a watch.
Unfortunately the print quality is quite poor, with scratches, marks, and fairly poor definition when viewed on a 32" television. Yes it is an old film, but it is a shame a better print couldn't have been obtained.
Still, definitely worth a watch.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Waterloo Road - the other best film of working class England, well written story and no patronising working class chat round the table. Lauder and Giliat team. Also see Millions Like Us.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Waterloo Road
Worth buying for the Railway scenes you would be hard pushed to get this quality on video from the same era.
Published 3 months ago by clucas
Social History
Absolutely delighted this film is available on DVD. Made in 1945 and of course in Black and White.This wonderful film features some very early performances from John Mills with... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. M. Tuck
Waterloo Rd.
With John Mills and Steward Grainger and not forgetting Alastair Simm, this has to be a good one. Lots to appeal to male or female, with fisty cuffs and fake blood abound.
Published 7 months ago by Oliver
Just one of the best!
I can't help but feel this little classic is often overlooked by serious critics of British Cinema. It's almost perfect at every level. 72' long without a single wasted frame. Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. W. Wilson
Waterloo Road.
The film is excellent, and If I have watched it once I have watched a least twenty times.It stars Sir John Mills,he plays a soldier. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Pollyju
AVAILABLE NOW
GREAT WW2 RARE VIDEO MOVIE WITH JOHN MILLS AS A RUNAWAY SOLDIER TRYING TO GET HOME TO SORT OUT HIS DOMESTIC PROBLEMS - 1 AVAILABLE FROM VIDEOGOLD@YAHOO.CO.UK 29.95.
Published on 14 Sep 2008 by G. A. Francis
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
