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London Belongs to Me( 1948)

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Overview

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Attenborough

      Percy Boon

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      Alastair Sim

      Mr. Squales

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      Fay Compton

      Mrs. Josser

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      Stephen Murray

      Uncle Henry

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      Wylie Watson

      Mr. Josser

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      Susan Shaw

      Doris Josser

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      Hugh Griffith

      Headlam Fynne

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      Joyce Carey

      Mrs Vizzard

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      Ivy St. Helier

      Connie Coke

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      Andrew Crawford

      Bill

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      Eleanor Summerfield

      The Blonde

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      Jack McNaughton

      Jimmy

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      Maurice Denham

      Jack Rufus

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      Aubrey Dexter

      Mr Battlebury

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      Henry Hewitt

      Verriter

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      Arthur Howard

      Mr Chinkwell

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      Fabia Drake

      Mrs Jan Byl

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      Sydney Tafler

      Night Club Receptionist

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      Henry Edwards

      Police Superintendant

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      George Cross

      Inspector Cartwright

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      Cyril Chamberlain

      Det Sgt Wilson

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      Edward Evans

      Det Sgt Taylor

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      John Salew

      Mr Banks

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      Russell Waters

      Clerk of the Court

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      Cecil Trouncer

      Mr Henry Wassall KC

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      Kenneth Downey

      Mr Veezey Blaize KC

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      Ivor Barnard

      Mr Justice Plymme

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      Basil Cunard

      Foreman of the Jury

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      Wensley Pithey

      1st Warden

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      Manville Tarrant

      2nd Warden

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      Arthur Lowe

      Commuter on Train (uncredited)

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      Ewen Solon

      Clerk (uncredited)

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      Jack May

      Bystander (uncredited)

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      Reg Thomason

      Bystander (uncredited)

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      Myrette Morven

      Female Employee (uncredited)

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      Ewan Roberts

      1st Policeman (uncredited)

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      Stanley Beard

      2nd Policeman (uncredited)

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      Leo Genn

      Narrator (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022
    Richard Attenborough leads a somewhat disjointed cast in this rather lengthy drama. He is "Percy", a rather impressionable young man who lives with his beloved mother (Gladys Henson) in a boarding house amidst a host of interesting lodgers. Sadly for him, he is soon mixed up with the wrong sort - some small time hoodlums - and becomes a murder suspect. I suppose the house to be a metaphor for the broader United Kingdom following the end of WWII - a collection of the aspirational, the optimistic, and the resigned - but there are too many characters for us to keep tabs on, and though the efforts ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • gangster
    • suspicion of murder
    • 1930s