Top billed cast

1. 

   Robert Newton

   Frank Gibbons

2. 

   Celia Johnson

   Ethel Gibbons

3. 

   Amy Veness

   Mrs. Flint

4. 

   Alison Leggatt

   Aunt Sylvia

5. 

   Stanley Holloway

   Bob Mitchell

6. 

   John Mills

   Billy Mitchell

7. 

   Kay Walsh

   Queenie Gibbons

8. 

   Eileen Erskine

   Vi Gibbons

9. 

   John Blythe

   Reg Gibbons

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-30

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...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$900,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• london, england
• strike
• war veteran
• cafe
• twins
• family
• gas mask
• manicurist
• elopement
• 1920s
• 1930s
• suburban
• english middle class