Cottage To Let

While I was checking out cast information regarding a TCM movie I uncovered a

plethora (thanks Dad for  the high vocabulary expectations) of full movies available on You Tube.

Every  time I visited one site,  6 more popped up!  I was in the Garden of Eden.  

I settled on "Cottage to Let" as my first viewing. Why?  British film with John Mills, Michael Wilding and Alastair Sim.  A few of my favorite actors.  And a pleasant addition was a teen - aged,

George Cole, who surprisingly gives the movie a cohesive nature.

"Cottage to Let" was released in 1941. It  could be considered a "war movie" even though there are no combat scenes. Instead, a quirky inventor, a wounded RAF pilot and a sinister lodger contribute

to the suspense.  Michael Wilding is endearing as the inventor's assistant, who eventually wins the girl.

George Cole looked so familiar to me.  Upon further investigation, I learned he was a protege

of Sim and they appeared in several films together. The one most familiar to me is "Scrooge" from
the early 1950s. By that time, Cole had lost his Cockney accent and was all grown up, but he looked
almost exactly as he did as a teen in 1941.

Mostly cerebral until the final 15 minutes, "Cottage to Let" concludes with a life-and-death
clash of recently revealed bad guys versus good guys.

"Cottage to Let" was directed by the exquisite Anthony Asquith.