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This Happy Breed (1-Jun-1944)

Director: David Lean

Writers: David Lean; Ronald Neame; Anthony Havelock-Allan

From a play by: Noel Coward

Producer: Noel Coward

Keywords: Comedy

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Stanley Holloway
Actor
1-Oct-1890 30-Jan-1982 Passport to Pimlico
Celia Johnson
Actor
18-Dec-1908 26-Apr-1982 Brief Encounter
John Mills
Actor
22-Feb-1908 23-Apr-2005 Ryan's Daughter
Robert Newton
Actor
1-Jun-1905 25-Mar-1956 Long John Silver
Kay Walsh
Actor
27-Aug-1911 16-Apr-2005 The Horse's Mouth

CAST

Robert Newton   ...   Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson   ...   Ethel Gibbons
John Mills   ...   Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh   ...   Queenie
Stanley Holloway   ...   Bob Mitchell
Amy Veness   ...   Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt   ...   Aunt Sylvia
Eileen Erskine   ...   Vi
John Blythe   ...   Reg
Guy Verney   ...   Sam Leadbitter
Merle Tottenham   ...   Edie
Betty Fleetwood   ...   Phyllis Blake

REVIEWS

Review by Chris Wilkin (posted on 10-Jan-2008)

Without doubt the best british film ever made. Solid storyline, solid acting, solid directing. The detail within the film is a complete study in british (london) social history. Look out for the name of the dairy in Stonhouse Street, Clapham which appears on a milk bottle standing on the door stop. I knew that dairy and remember Stonhouse Street as the home of a dear friend of mine. The shots of Clapham Common pond are delightful - an area I knew well as a child. I can go on watching this film for ever.


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