The Common Touch

The Common Touch

104 mins | Drama | Nov. 15, 1941

The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

The Common Touch

104 mins | Drama | Nov. 15, 1941

The Common Touch
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers British National Films
Original title The Common Touch
Directors John Baxter
Writers Herbert Ayres, Barbara K. Emary, Geoffrey Orme

Cast

Geoffrey Hibbert

as Peter Henderson

Harry Welchman

as Lincolns Inn

Greta Gynt

as Sylvia Meadows

Joyce Howard

as Mary

Edward Rigby

as 'Tich'

George Carney

as Charlie

Eliot Makeham

as Inky

Mark Hambourg

as 'Chopin'

Paul Martin

as Chris

Raymond Lovell

as Cartwright

John Longden

as Stuart Gordon

Wally Patch

as 'Nobby'

Edgar Driver

as 'Oily'

Bernard Miles

as Cricket Steward

Scott Sanders

as Pat

Ian Maclaren

as Harmonica Player

Jerry Verno

as Office Messenger

Charles Carson

as Haywood

Ben Williams

as Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match

John Slater

as Joe

Bill Fraser

as Harris

John Turnbull

as Father at School Cricket Match

Marian Spencer

as Mother at School Cricket Match

Grant Tyler

as Son at School Cricket Match

Dennis Wyndham

as Commissionaire

Hector Abbas

as Foreigner

Cyril Chamberlain

as Jenkins

Rowland Douglas

as Manservant

Edwin Ellis

as Shorty

Carroll Gibbons

as Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader

Arthur Hambling

as Pettit

Elizabeth Hunt

as Annie

Vi Kaley

as 2nd Servant At Window

Margaret Lang

as Miss Wayne

Eric Lugg

as Winstanley

Sandy Macpherson

as Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist

Arthur Maude

as Martin

Gerald Moore

as Baker Boy

Charles Rolfe

as Detective Inspector

Harry Terry

as Bill

Iris Vandeleur

as Alice

Percy Walsh

as McFarlane

Freddie Watts

as Chauffeur

Otto Friese

as Club Patron

Jack May

as Workman