Their Finest - Film - British Comedy Guide

2017 film

1940s-set film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy as a trio making a morale-boosting film. Also features Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy, Rachael Stirling and more.

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Their Finest. Image shows from L to R: Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin), Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton), Ambrose Hilliard/Uncle Frank (Bill Nighy). Copyright: Lions Gate

Genre

Film

Released

2017

Stars

Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy, Rachael Stirling and more

Writers

Lissa Evans and Gaby Chiappe

Director

Lone Scherfig

Producers

Amanda Posey, Stephen Woolley, Finola Dwyer, Elizabeth Karlsen, Thorsten Schumacher, Peter Watson, Zygi Kamasa, Robert Norris and more

Companies

Their Finest, based on Lissa Evans's novel Their Finest Hour And A Half, is a witty, romantic and moving portrayal of a young woman finding her way, and her voice, in the mayhem of war... and the movies.

1940, London, the Blitz; with the country's morale at stake, Catrin, an untried screenwriter, and a makeshift cast and crew, work under fire to make a film to lift the nation's flagging spirits; and inspire America to join the war. Partnered with fellow writer, Buckley, the pair, along with fading matinee idol Ambrose Hilliard, reluctantly joins forces on a movie to warm the hearts of the nation and capture the imagination of the US public.

Other characters include Ambrose's agent Sammy; Sammy's sister Sophie; Ellis, Catrin's war artist husband; and Phyl Moore, the woman tasked with keeping the production on track.