2,000 Women

Plot

The "2000 Women" of the film's title are the female inmates in a WW II German concentration camp in France. Though many of the women don't get along, they are united in their hatred for their Nazi captors. The story takes a truly melodramatic turn when three English airmen parachute into the camp, offering a ray of hope for those inmates planning an escape. Some of the humor is "black" indeed, involving a card-playing corpse and other questionable sources of laughter, but this was the sort of material that wartime audiences wanted. Heading the cast of 2000 Women are Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson and Patricia Roc, fine British actresses all who overcome an abundance of script deficiencies. The film was the first production of Individual Pictures, formed by the producer-director-writer team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Phyllis Calvert - Freda Thompson
• Flora Robson - Miss Manningford
• Patricia Roc - Rosemary Brown
• Renee Houston - Maud Wright
• Reginald Purdell - Alec Harvey

Anne Crawford - Margaret Long; Jean Kent - Bridie Johnson; James McKechnie - Jimmy Moore; Dulcie Gray - Nellie Skinner; Muriel Aked - Miss Meredith; Wallace Bosco; Kathleen Boutall - Mrs. Hadfield; Guy le Feuvre; Walter Gotell; Thora Hird - Mrs. Burtshaw; Joan Ingram; Carl Jaffe - Sgt. Hentzner; Betty Jardine; Janette Scott; John England; Paul Sheridan; Christina Forbes; Dora Sevening; John Snagge; Anders Timberg

Credit

Frank Launder - Director, Jack Cox - Cinematographer, Edward Black - Producer, Michael Pertwee - Screen Story, Sidney Gilliat - Screenwriter, Frank Launder - Screenwriter

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