The Stars Look Down
โ 6.5 ยท 1940 ยท 110m ยท Drama
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
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