Joe Maddison's War (2010)
Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.
- Date of release
- 2010-09-19
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- War, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Patrick Collerton
Casting
- Kevin Whately — Joe Maddison
- Robson Green — Harry Crawford
- Derek Jacobi — Mr. Simpson
- Melanie Hill — Selina Rutherfird
- Sammy T. Dobson — Sheila Maddison
- James Atherton — Tommy Cowell
- Angela Lonsdale — Polly Maddison
- James Baxter — Alan Maddison
- John Woodvine — Father Connolly
- Trevor Fox — Eddie Turnbull
- Niek Versteeg — Billy Nicholson
- Jackie Phillips — Lily Parkinson
Interesting facts
Joe Maddison's War is a 2010 television film written by Alan Plater about strained family and social relations in wartime. Directed by Patrick Collerton and filmed partly on location in South Shields, it presents a view of World War II through the eyes of shipyard worker and World War I veteran Joe Maddison who serves in the Home Guard during the Blitz while his son and son-in-law are enlisted for oversea service.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- The Kill Team 2019 · ★ 6.5
- Outlaws - For Greater Glory 2012 · ★ 7.0
- Waiting for Anya 2020 · ★ 6.3
- Battleground 1949 · ★ 6.7
- The Scarlet and the Black 1983 · ★ 7.1
- Walking with the Enemy 2014 · ★ 6.3
- An Ordinary Man 2017 · ★ 6.2
- Field of Lost Shoes 2015 · ★ 6.1
- The Last Rifleman 2023 · ★ 6.6
- Sahara 1995 · ★ 6.7
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 2023 · ★ 6.7
- Jacknife 1989 · ★ 6.4