This Happy Breed
“A Sweeping Panorama of Living”
1944•PG•1h 51m•7.1•Released
Drama
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.
Director
David Lean
Writer
David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Cineguild
Cast
Robert Newton
Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson
Ethel Gibbons
Amy Veness
Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt
Aunt Sylvia
Stanley Holloway
Bob Mitchell
John Mills
Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh
Queenie Gibbons
Eileen Erskine
Vi Gibbons
John Blythe
Reg Gibbons
Guy Verney
Sam Leadbitter
Betty Fleetwood
Phyllis Blake
Merle Tottenham
Edie
Mabel Etherington
Woman in Crowd
Jack May
Mourner
Laurence Olivier
Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
Cineguild
Company
Two Cities Films
Company
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Producer
Noël Coward
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