Their Finest

In the fight for freedom everyone played a part.

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

Romance War Drama

Gemma Arterton

(Catrin Cole)

Sam Claflin

(Tom Buckley)

Bill Nighy

(Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank)

Jack Huston

(Ellis Cole)

Helen McCrory

(Sophie Smith)

Eddie Marsan

(Sammy Smith)

Jake Lacy

(Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan)

Rachael Stirling

(Phyl Moore)

Henry Goodman

(Gabriel Baker)

Paul Ritter

(Raymond Parfitt)

Richard E. Grant

(Roger Swain)

Nicholas Murchie

(Bus Conductor)

Amanda Root

(Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film))

Patrick Gibson

(Rex, the Clapper Loader)

Darren Clarke

(The Gaffer)

Ed Birch

(Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film))

Lissa Evans

(Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film))

Richard Bevan

(Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor))

Gaby Chiappe

(Dolly (Carrot Film))

Amanda Fairbank-Hynes

(Mabel (Carrot Film))

Francesca Knight

(Lily Starling)

Bella Ava Georgiou

(Pearl (Girl on the Tube))

Alfie Stewart

(Soldier on the Tube)

Mossie Smith

(Female Warden)

Jay Simpson

(Alf Reynolds)

Frances Jeater

(Spitfires Collector)

Claudia Jessie

(Doris Cleavley / Lily)

Stephanie Hyam

(Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose)

Richard Syms

(Head Waiter)

Natalia Ryumina

(Muriel (Ellis's Friend))

Rebecca Saire

(Mortuary Nurse)

Jeremy Irons

(Secretary of War)

Miles Richardson

(Movietone Newsreader)

Gordon Brown

(Chick, the 1st AD)

Julia Lewis

(The Make-Up Artist)

Liliana Gane

(The Wardrobe Mistress)

Hubert Burton

(Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero))

Michael Marcus

(Alex, the Director)

Stephen Boswell

(War Widows Collector)

Feline Allentoft

(Wyndham Best's Girlfriend)

Ellie Haddington

(Catrin's Landlady)

Florence Woolley

(Corona Cinema Usherette)

Joanna Brookes

(Woman in Corona)

Patrick Osborne

(Soldier in Corona)

Cathy Murphy

(Vee (uncredited))

Emma Cunniffe

(Ettie (uncredited))

Clive Russell

(Mr. Starling (uncredited))

Letty Butler

(First Waitress (uncredited))

Nell Barlow

(Second Waitress (uncredited))

Steve Carroll

(Boom Operator (uncredited))

Katie Jackson

(Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited))

Lee Whitlock

(Man in Pub (uncredited))

Lily Knight

(Rose Starling)