Perfect Strangers (1945, dvd)
(aka Vacation From Marriage)

Synopsis: With the outbreak of the Second World War, a nondescript clerk (Robert Donat) and his dowdy wife (Deborah Kerr), locked in a staid and indifferent marriage, join the navy and the Wrens respectively. Their separate wartime experiences transform them and their postwar relationship.

Adapted from a story by Clemence Dane, and produced and directed by Alexander Korda, this is an interesting, engaging and sympathetic film, guaranteed to please thanks to the presence of its attractive co-stars.

The Americans loved it, and gave Miss Dane (who co-scripted with Anthony Pelissier) an Oscar for her story. Ann Todd, Glynis Johns and Roland Culver are excellent in the secondary roles.

Cast: Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr
Runtime: 102 min