Our Mother's House

Sep 14, 1967

1h 45m

★ 7.1

The children's story that is not for children...

Overview

Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Filmways Pictures

Heron Film Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Our Mother's House Trailers

Cast

Charlie Hook

Dirk Bogarde

Elsa (as Margaret Brooks)

Margaret Leclere

Diana

Pamela Franklin

Hubert

Louis Sheldon Williams

Dunston

John Gugolka

Jiminee

Mark Lester

Gerty (as Sarah Nicholls)

Phoebe Nicholls

Willy

Gustav Henry

Louis

Parnum Wallace

Mrs. Quayle

Yootha Joyce

Miss Bailey

Claire Davidson

Mr. Halbert

Anthony Nicholls

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