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This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

A Sweeping Panorama of Living

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

7.118/10

Release Date

28 May 1944

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell

John Mills

John Mills

Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

Eileen Erskine

Vi Gibbons

John Blythe

John Blythe

Reg Gibbons

Guy Verney

Guy Verney

Sam Leadbitter

Betty Fleetwood

Betty Fleetwood

Phyllis Blake

Merle Tottenham

Merle Tottenham

Edie

Mabel Etherington

Mabel Etherington

Woman in Crowd

Jack May

Jack May

Mourner

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Narrator (voice)

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