Frank Launder made some of the best films of his career during the Second World War. While not a patch on Night Train to Munich, The Young Mr Pitt or Millions like Us, this was still an effective piece of propaganda, with an uplifting plot (co-written by Launder and Sidney Gilliat) a celebration of British pluck, a healthy spot of Nazi bashing and a dash of gallows humour. However, while this was just what Churchill ordered in 1944, it weighs a little heavily today. Fortunately, among the two thousand of the title are some of the finest actresses of the time, whose appeal remains undiminished.

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.