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This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

1944 111 min ★ 7.1 Drama

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.

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Cast

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell

John Mills

John Mills

Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

Vi Gibbons

John Blythe

John Blythe

Reg Gibbons

Guy Verney

Sam Leadbitter

Details

Director

David Lean

Screenplay

David Lean

Tagline

"A Sweeping Panorama of Living"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$900,000

Production

Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

June 30, 2022

★ 7/10

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 s...

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