Overview:
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.| Status: | Released (1948-11-05) |
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| Screen: | Norman Collins, Sidney Gilliat, J.B. Williams |
| Productions: | Individual Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4786: Richard Attenborough - Percy Boon
- 20394: Alastair Sim - Mr. Squales
- 131449: Fay Compton - Mrs. Josser
- 38999: Stephen Murray - Uncle Henry
- 3676: Wylie Watson - Mr. Josser
- 97424: Susan Shaw - Doris Josser
- 10021: Hugh Griffith - Headlam Fynne
Crews
- 14292: Sidney Gilliat - Director - Directing
- 1277495: J.B. Williams - Screenplay - Writing
- 14292: Sidney Gilliat - Screenplay - Writing
- 14293: Frank Launder - Producer - Production
- 1313992: J. Arthur Rank - Executive Producer - Production
- 35839: Thelma Connell - Editor - Editing
- 14292: Sidney Gilliat - Producer - Production
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Richard Attenborough leads a somewhat disjointed cast in this rather lengthy drama. He is "Percy", a rather impressionable young man who lives with his beloved mother (Gladys Henson) in a boarding house amidst a host of interesting lodgers. Sadly for him, he is soon mixed up with the ....
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