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30/03/1952 Comedy 1h 26m
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Overview

When the Government decide 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 owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.

  1. Muriel Box

    Director, Writer

  2. Sydney Box

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Stanley Holloway

    Henry Lord

  2. Kathleen Harrison

    Lillian Lord

  3. Naunton Wayne

    Mr. Filch

  4. Dandy Nichols

    Ada

  5. John Stratton

    David

  6. Eileen Moore

    Joan

  7. Shirley Mitchell

    Marina

  8. Margaret Barton

    Anne

  9. George Cole

    Cyril

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-11
Stanley Holloway has his best "Passport to Pimlico" (1949) hat on here for his battle with HM Government. He runs his little family corner shop with wife "Lillian" (Kathleen Harrison), minding their own business and generally quite excited about the forthcoming Festival of Britain. Excited, that is, until they discover that their little home is slap bang in the middle of the plans for the site. Determined not to be bought off, they vow to stick it out as the Whitehall mandarins try just about everything from condemning their building to shutting off the power - to drive them out. What ensues n...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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