With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
Cast
John Mills
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Robin Houston
Radio Announcer (voice)
James Russell
Russian submariner (voice)
David Dundas
Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Irving
Additional Voices (voice)
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Jimmy T. Murakami
Director, Storyboard Artist
Raymond Briggs
Screenplay, Graphic Novel
John Cary
Editor
Taylor Grant
Editor
Joan Ashworth
Storyboard Artist
Richard Fawdry
Storyboard Artist, Key Animation, Animation, Layout Supervisor, Art Direction
Iain Harvey
Executive Producer
John Coates
Producer
Colin Bowman
Camera Operator
Peter Turner
Camera Operator
Tony Guy
Animation
Bill Speers
Animation
Dave Unwin
Animation
Malcolm Draper
Animation
Joe Ekers
Animation
John McGuire
Animation
Hilary Audus
Animation
Joanna Harrison
Animation
Gary McCarver
Animation, Layout
Roger Mainwood
Animation
Paul Stone
Animation
Jean-Pierre Jacquet
Animation
John Bennett
Animation
Alan Green
Animation
Harold Whitaker
Animation
Michael Heywood
Assistant Art Director
Alice Clayton
Assistant Art Director
Richard Nye
Assistant Art Director
John Griffith
Sound Editor
Anuree De Silva
Assistant Sound Editor
Paul Coppock
Sound Effects
Ted Swanscott
Sound
Tim Partridge
Dolby Consultant
Stephen Weston
Special Effects
Roger Waters
Original Music Composer
Philomena Winstanley
Painter
David Bowie
Main Title Theme Composer
Errol Bryant
Modeling, Background Designer, Color Designer, Art Direction
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