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Cottage to Let

Name: Cottage to Let
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Comedy
Released: 1941-09-06
Cast: Leslie Banks, Jeanne De Casalis, Carla Lehmann, Alastair Sim, John Mills

1941 | 90 min | Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Great for spy-story fans and history and war-film fans. Nobody is quite who they seem. Sits nicely alongside The Third Man or Foreign Correspondent. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost.
The mood: Light and funny, tense.
The pace: Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 30 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
What might put you off: Made in 1941: an older pace and style.
Skip it if you want something to relax to.

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 13K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Anthony Asquith

Leslie BanksJohn Barrington
Jeanne De CasalisMrs. Barrington
Carla LehmannHelen Barrington (as Carla Lehman)
Alastair SimCharles Dimble
John MillsFlt·Lieut. Perry
George ColeRonald
Michael WildingAlan Trently
Frank CellierJohn Forest
Muriel AkedMiss Fernery
Wally PatchEvans