Movie
This Happy Breed
Overview
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
Details
- Release date
- 1944-05-28
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Newton as Frank Gibbons
- Celia Johnson as Ethel Gibbons
- Amy Veness as Mrs. Flint
- Alison Leggatt as Aunt Sylvia
- Stanley Holloway as Bob Mitchell
- John Mills as Billy Mitchell
- Kay Walsh as Queenie Gibbons
- Eileen Erskine as Vi Gibbons
- John Blythe as Reg Gibbons
- Guy Verney as Sam Leadbitter
- Betty Fleetwood as Phyllis Blake
- Merle Tottenham as Edie
Crew
- David Lean - Director
- Ronald Neame - Screenplay
- David Lean - Screenplay
- Anthony Havelock-Allan - Screenplay
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