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This Happy Breed
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This Happy Breed

May 28, 1944
1h 51m
★ 7.1

A Sweeping Panorama of Living

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cineguild
Two Cities Films
J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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Cast

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons

Robert Newton

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint

Amy Veness

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia

Alison Leggatt

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell

Stanley Holloway

John Mills

Billy Mitchell

John Mills

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons

Kay Walsh

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Vi Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

John Blythe

Reg Gibbons

John Blythe

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Sam Leadbitter

Guy Verney

No Image

Phyllis Blake

Betty Fleetwood

Merle Tottenham

Edie

Merle Tottenham