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The Happy Family

The Happy Family

1952Movie⏱️ 1h 26m
Comedy
6.7
IMDB Rating
144 votes

After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site are blocked by a little corner shop which is owne...

Director
Muriel Box
Writers
Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Michael Clayton Hutton
Stars
Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne
Release Date
February 13, 1952
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 7
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Stanley Holloway
Stanley Holloway
as Henry Lord
Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison
as Lillian Lord
Naunton Wayne
Naunton Wayne
as Mr. Filch
Dandy Nichols
Dandy Nichols
as Ada
John Stratton
John Stratton
as David
Eileen Moore
Eileen Moore
as Joan
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Shirley Mitchell
as Marina
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Margaret Barton
as Anne
George Cole
George Cole
as Cyril
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Tom Gill
as Maurice Hennessey

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
The Gate Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Production
London Independent Producers

🏷️ Keywords

1951 festival of britainrabbitsiegeliecoincidence

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Very similar to Passport to Pimlico
by malcolmgsw2016-01-09
6/10

"This feels awfully like an Ealing film.Maybe because the plot is similar to Passport To Pimlico and some of the actors in that film appear in this.Probably this is because the ability to click a snook at authority was very popular at the time.The war may have been over for 6 years but it didn't feel like it.We still had rationing.Interesting to see the way the South Bank looked in the aftermath of the war.Interesting also to see Dandy Nicholls some 15 years before she would find fame as Mrs Alf Garnett in"Till Death Us Do Part".Also of course George Cole who was forging a reason..."

💡 Did You Know?

One of nine films Kathleen Harrison appeared in with Stanley Holloway and one of seven she appeared in with Dandy Nichols.

📖 Synopsis

After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site are blocked by a little corner shop which is owne...