The Years Between

Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.

Drama Romance

Michael Redgrave

(Michael Wentworth)

Valerie Hobson

(Diana Wentworth)

Flora Robson

(Nanny)

James McKechnie

(Richard Llewellyn)

Felix Aylmer

(Sir Ernest Foster)

Dulcie Gray

(Judy)

John Gilpin

(Robin Wentworth)

Edward Rigby

(Postman)

Esma Cannon

(Effie)

Lyn Evans

(Ames)

Wylie Watson

(Venning)

Yvonne Owen

(Alice)

Muriel Aked

(Mrs. May)

Joss Ambler

(Atherton)

Ernest Butcher

(Old Man)

Katie Johnson

(Old Man's Wife)

Claude Bailey

(Selection Committee Member (uncredited))

Hyma Beckley

(Opposition MP (uncredited))

Michael Hordern

(Member of Parliament (uncredited))

Jane Hylton

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Maxwell Reed

(American (uncredited))

John Tatham

(Member of Parliament (uncredited))