This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

115 mins | Drama | May 28, 1944

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, 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.

This Happy Breed

115 mins | Drama | May 28, 1944

This Happy Breed
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, 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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Original title This Happy Breed
Directors George Pollock, Anthony Hearne, Maggie Unsworth, David Lean
Writers David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Noël Coward

Cast

Robert Newton

as Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson

as Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness

as Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt

as Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway

as Bob Mitchell

John Mills

as Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh

as Queenie Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

as Vi Gibbons

John Blythe

as Reg Gibbons

Guy Verney

as Sam Leadbitter

Betty Fleetwood

as Phyllis Blake

Merle Tottenham

as Edie

Mabel Etherington

as Woman in Crowd

Jack May

as Mourner

Laurence Olivier

as Narrator (voice)