Robert Murphy , Realism and Tinsel : Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p209It was the 21st most popular film at the British box office in 1946 after The Wicked Lady , The Bells of St Marys , Piccadilly Incident , The Captive Heart , Road to Utopia , Caravan , Anchors Away , The Corn is Green , Gilda , The House on 92nd Street , The Overlanders , Appointment with Crime , Bandit of Sherwood Forrest , Kitty , Spellbound , Scarlet Street , Men of Two Worlds , Courage of Lassie , Mildred Pierce and The Spiral Staircase'.
Brief Encounter , The Wicked Lady , The Captive Heart , Road to Utopia , Anchors Away , The House on 92nd Street , Appointment with Crime , Men of Two Worlds , and The Spiral Staircase were among the most popular films released at the British box office before 1947 .