David Niven

The metamorphosis of a cross-section group of Britons from squabbling individuals into a top fighting unit in the final phase of the African campaign against Rommel.

The way ahead: A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Sergeant Jim Perry (David Niven) and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called to replace an infantry battalion that has suffered casualties at Dunkirk. The one that got away: This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war taken in Britain during the Second World War who escaped from numerous British POW camps and got...

After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth.