--- title: 'Went the Day Well? (1942)' type: 'film' director: 'Alberto Cavalcanti' released: '1942-01-01' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/went-the-day-well-1942' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035429/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Went the Day Well? (1942) 1942 ยท United Kingdom ## Synopsis Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It was produced by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios and served as unofficial propaganda for the war effort. The film shows a village in southern England taken over by German paratroopers, reflecting the greatest fear of the British public of the time, although the threat of German invasion had largely receded. The film is notable for its unusually, for the time, frank depiction of ruthless violence. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alberto Cavalcanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-cavalcanti) - **Screenplay:** [Graham Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-greene) - **Original Music Composer:** [William Walton](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-walton) - **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon) - **Director of Photography:** [Wilkie Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilkie-cooper) ## Cast - [David Farrar](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-farrar) - [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns) - [Harry Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-fowler) - [Thora Hird](https://cinepixo.com/people/thora-hird) - [Elizabeth Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-allan) - [Marie Lohr](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-lohr) - [C.V. France](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-v-france) - [Valerie Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-taylor) - [Edward Rigby](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-rigby) - [Basil Sydney](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-sydney) - [Leslie Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-banks) - [John Slater](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-slater) - [Frank Lawton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lawton) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/went-the-day-well-1942 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3567280); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.