UK Release date: 27 October 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 16 September 1950
Genre: War
Country: UK
Running time: 86 minutes
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett & Edith Sharpe
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor theatre for two weeks from 14 July 1950 supported by No Strangers Here.
Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 106 | 192 |
| EF PPE | 4.08 | 133 |
| Metres Travelled | 295,408 | 283 |
| Average MT | 11,362 | 30 |
| Engagements | 26 | 287 |
| Slots | 42 | 264 |
| Weeks | 12 | 102 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 46.15% | 103 |
| Saturdays | 8 | 248 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 30.77% | 211 |
| Tuesdays | 6 | 236 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 23.08% | 218 |
| First billed | 8 | 179 |
| Second billed | 16 | 164 |
| Feature only | 2 | 16 |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 17 |
| Ratio | 65.38% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -21.29% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 7.69% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.07% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 7 |
| Ratio | 26.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 21.21% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 22 |
| Ratio | 84.62% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.51% |
| Suburban eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 15.38% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -6.67% |
Notes: British war drama found difficulty in gaining traction on the Union circuit, having a sporadic beginning but, late in its run, fell back into favour. Scraping over a 100 EF points it ranked lowly in most metrics but actually landed a couple of FO presentations. In early screenings Paid in Full was its engagement partner.
Landfall engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 16/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Paid in Full |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Paid in Full |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | The Gallant Legion |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Paid in Full |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | FO | FO |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Paid in Full |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Tell it to the Judge |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Paid in Full |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 7/10/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Paid in Full |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 7/10/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Paid in Full |
| East Preston | Gowerville | Independent | 7/10/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Homicide |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 21/10/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Tulsa |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 21/10/50 | 6 | S | 2 | And Baby Makes Three |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 21/10/50 | 6 | T | 2 | And Baby Makes Three |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 28/10/50 | 7 | W | FO | FO |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 9/12/50 | 9 | S | 1 | Drums Along the Amazon |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 9/12/50 | 9 | S | 1 | Drums Along the Amazon |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 3/2/51 | 21 | T | 2 | Border Incident |
| Elsternwick | Esquire | Independent | 24/2/51 | 24 | T | 2 | Inside Story |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 14/4/51 | 31 | S | 1 | Drums Along the Amazon |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 16/6/51 | 40 | T | 1 | The Stagecoach Kid |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 30/6/51 | 42 | T | 1 | Harbor of Missing Men |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 4/8/51 | 47 | T | 1 | Stampede |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 1/9/51 | 51 | W | 2 | Teresa |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 8/9/51 | 52 | W | 2 | Teresa |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 8/9/51 | 52 | W | 2 | Teresa |
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