Unpublished Story (1942)

It's 1940 London and as the Blitz rages on, a newspaper reporter (Richard Greene) runs across a story about a pacifist organization that has German connections but he's forbidden by the Ministry of Information from publishing it. Directed by Harold French (THE MAN WHO WATCHED TRAINS GO BY), this is a typical piece of British wartime propaganda designed to help the war effort but slightly above average. While the story is nothing special, the film is excellent at showing the day to day life of London under the Blitz and the hardships the Brits were under and how they dealt with it in an almost matter of fact way. The film doesn't make a big deal about the "indomitable" British spirit under wartime but it's there. I also liked the relationship between Greene and a female reporter (Valerie Hobson). The attraction is definitely there but when he proposes marriage, she turns him down to go work in the United States! With Roland Culver, Basil Radford, Andre Morell and Frederick Cooper.