For the unrelated 1985 novel by Kay Thorpe, see Dangerous Moonlight (novel).
Dangerous Moonlight (known as
Suicide Squadron in the USA) was a
1941 British film, starring
Anton Walbrook, and best known for its score written by
Richard Addinsell with orchestrations by
Roy Douglas, which includes the
Warsaw Concerto. Among the costumes, the gowns were designed by
Cecil Beaton.
The film's
love-story plot revolves around the fictional composer of the
Warsaw Concerto, a
piano virtuoso and
"shell-shocked" combat pilot, who meets an American War Correspondent in Warsaw, and later goes back from America to join the RAF in
England to continue to fight against the Nazis
World War II occupation of
Poland. Walbrook was an accomplished amateur pianist, so his hands are seen playing in the film, however the music on the soundtrack is played by the professional pianist
Louis Kentner. Kentner's involvement was initially uncredited, as he thought that being seen to be playing film music would not help his career. He changed his mind on seeing the film's success
[1]).
The film is mentioned in the British television series
Dad's Army episode
Is There Honey Still for Tea?, an
in-joke as
John Laurie had starred in the film.