When the Wind Blows

Overview

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Details

Cast

John Mills

Jim Bloggs (voice)

Peggy Ashcroft

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Robin Houston

Radio Announcer (voice)

James Russell

Russian submariner (voice)

David Dundas

Additional Voices (voice)

Matt Irving

Additional Voices (voice)

Bernard Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)