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The Happy Family

Muriel Box
UK      86 m.
Synopsis

The Lord family – a husband and wife with several children – owns a grocery shop close to the Festival Hall which is under construction. Lillian Lord runs the shop, while Henry is a train driver who is just about to retire. One day Mr. Filch, a senior civil servant announces that, due to an error by one of the planners, the Lords' shop and house will have to be demolished to build a road, assuring them that they will be financially compensated and will be moved to a new house..

Director
Muriel Box (United Kingdom)
Screenplay
Muriel Box, Sydney Box
Production
Sydney Box Production
Photography
Reginald H. Wyer
Edition
Jean Barker
Music
Francis Chagrin
Cast
Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols, John Stratton
Running Time
86 m.
Country
UK
Year
1952
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