This Happy Breed

April. 12,1947      PG
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
John Blythe as  Reg Gibbons
Merle Tottenham as  Edie
Jack May as  Mourner

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