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The Good Companions( 1933)

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JOY! MUSIC! MIRTH! "WORTHY OF THE HONOUR of being the first talking picture seen in public by the King and Queen."

Overview

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jessie Matthews

      Susie Dean

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      Edmund Gwenn

      Jess Oakroyd

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      John Gielgud

      Inigo Jollifant

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      Mary Glynne

      Miss Elizabeth Trant

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      Percy Parsons

      Morton Mitcham

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      A.W. Baskcomb

      Jimmy Nunn

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      Florence Gregson

      Mrs. Oakroyd

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      Frank Pettingell

      Sam Oglethorpe

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      Laurence Hanray

      Mr. James Tarvin

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      Annie Esmond

      Mrs. James Tarvin

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      George Zucco

      Fauntley

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      Harold Meade

      Solicitor

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      Finlay Currie

      Monte Mortimer

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      Jack Hawkins

      Albert

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      Max Miller

      Millbrau

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      Ivor Barnard

      Eric Tipstead

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      Olive Sloane

      Effie

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Mar 14 2024
    There's actually something really quite plausible about this film. It all centres around people who are restless. Unsettled. They need a change in their lives, so leave homes and families and set off on a pilgrimage. For what? Well they don't really know - it's going to be what ever fate throws at them. As we encounter the characters, there's a sense that this might be quite a lively adventure. Edmund Gwenn ("Jess") is from Yorkshire whom you might not expect to gel well with the prim and proper "Jollifant" (John Gielgud). You might expect neither to get on with the lively, but green, "Susie" (...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • musical
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