---
title: '21 Days (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Basil Dean'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/21-days-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032179/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 21 Days (1940)

1940 · 72 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

21 Days is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play The First and the Last by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks. The film was renamed 21 Days Together for the American market.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Basil Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-dean)
- **Screenplay:** [Basil Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-dean), [Graham Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-greene)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John D. H. Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-d-h-greenwood), [Muir Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/muir-mathieson)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Stallich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-stallich)
- **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck), [Charles Crichton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-crichton)

## Cast

- [Esme Percy](https://cinepixo.com/people/esme-percy)
- [David Horne](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-horne)
- [Frederick Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-lloyd)
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton)
- [Leslie Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-banks)
- [Vittorio Rietti](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-rietti)
- [Elliott Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-mason)
- [Francis L. Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-l-sullivan)
- [Andreas Malandrinos](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-malandrinos)
- [Arthur Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-young)
- [Vivien Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivien-leigh)
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier)
- [Meinhart Maur](https://cinepixo.com/people/meinhart-maur)
- [Hay Petrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/hay-petrie)
- [Morris Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/morris-harvey)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/21-days-1940
Film facts: Wikidata (Q517524); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.