Not RatedThis Happy Breed

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IMDB (4,181 votes)

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500M
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Play Time: 115 mins
Drama
This Happy Breed

Overview:
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival, and even another World War.

Status: Released (1944-05-28)
Awards:1 win
Screen:David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Productions: Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
This Happy Breed
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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 Venes ....

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