An English aristocrat-cum-film actress stumbles upon high state secrets just prior to WWII in “Glorious 39,” a costume would-be suspenser just as solemnly silly as that nutshell plot summary sounds.

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - "Glorious 39" sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged ...

"Glorious 39" sends mixed signals. One minute it seems like a conspiracy thriller and the next one of those well-upholstered English melodramas about the privileged class pushing back against threats ...

Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, 2009 British thriller Glorious 39 was one of Tennant's earliest movie roles, following the likes of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Bright Young ...

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