---
title: 'Give Us This Day (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Dmytryk'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/give-us-this-day-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041416/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Give Us This Day (1949)

1949 · 120 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Give Us This Day is a 1949 British drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk from a screenplay by Ben Barzman, and starring Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani and Kathleen Ryan. It is based on the 1939 semi-autobiographical novel Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato, about Italian-American bricklayers in Brooklyn enduring the struggles the Great Depression.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Dmytryk](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-dmytryk)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Barzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-barzman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benjamin Frankel](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-frankel)
- **Director of Photography:** [C. M. Pennington-Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-m-pennington-richards)
- **Editor:** [John D. Guthridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-d-guthridge)

## Cast

- [Charles Goldner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-goldner)
- [Sam Wanamaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-wanamaker)
- [Lea Padovani](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-padovani)
- [Sid James](https://cinepixo.com/people/sid-james)
- [William Sylvester](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-sylvester)
- [Karel Štěpánek](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-stepanek)
- [Kathleen Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-ryan)

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