Vacation From Marriage
It stars Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr as a married couple whose relationship is shaken by their service in the Second World War. The supporting cast includes Glynis Johns, Ann Todd, Roland Culver, and Roger Moore in his uncredited debut.
It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Clemence Dane and Anthony Pelissier based on a story by Clemence Dane. The music score was by Clifton Parker and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.
Plot
Robert and Catherine Wilson (Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr) are a timid married couple in 1940 London.
He enlists in the Royal Navy, while she (against his wishes) joins the Wrens. She begins going out with Dizzy's cousin Richard (Roland Culver), who falls in love with her.
However, she remains faithful (if unenthusiastically) to her husband.
Meanwhile, Robert toughens up on sea duty. His hands are badly burned when his ship is sunk, but he stoically rows in the lifeboat for five days without complaint.
He recuperates in a hospital, tended by Elena (Ann Todd), an attractive nurse. The last night of his stay, he asks her out to dinner.
Afterwards, Robert and Catherine receive ten day leaves, but each dreads being reunited with the dowdy spouse each remembers and being forced back into the dreary life they shared.
When they do meet, they are surprised by the wholesale changes.