Top Billed Cast
Robert Newton
Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson
Ethel Gibbons
Amy Veness
Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt
Aunt Sylvia
Stanley Holloway
Bob Mitchell
John Mills
Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh
Queenie Gibbons
Eileen Erskine
Vi Gibbons
John Blythe
Reg Gibbons
Guy Verney
Sam Leadbitter
Betty Fleetwood
Phyllis Blake
Merle Tottenham
Edie
Mabel Etherington
Woman in Crowd
Jack May
Mourner
Laurence Olivier
Narrator (voice)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 30 2022
This gently entertaining film follows the trials and tribulations of the "Gibbons" family - mum, "Ethel" (Celia Johnson), dad "Frank" (Robert Newton), daughters "Queenie" (Kay Walsh), "Vi" (Eileen Erskine) and their son "Reg" (John Blythe) alongside her mother "Mrs. Flint" (Amy Veness), who not untypically lodged with them too. There's is a simple enough life, contentedly living in a newly built suburbia with a garden, whilst their children grow to adulthood - going through the daily motions and routines familiar to all. To a large extent, that's what gives the film much of to charming potency....
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
- london, england
- strike
- war veteran
- cafe
- twins
- family
- gas mask
- manicurist
- elopement
- 1920s
- 1930s
- suburban
- english middle class