

Tawny Pipit
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Cast

Bernard Miles
Colonel Barton-Barrington

Rosamund John
Hazel Broome

Niall MacGinnis
Jimmy Bancroft

Jean Gillie
Nancy Forester

Lucie Mannheim
Russian Sniper
Christopher Steele
Reverend Kingsley

Brefni O'Rorke
Uncle Arthur

George Carney
Whimbrel

Wylie Watson
Crasker
Lyonel Watts
Silver
Scott Harrold
Shuttleworth
Arthur Burne
Hambling

John Salew
Pickering

Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Pickering
John Rae
McDougall
Storyline
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
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