This Happy Breed (1947)

  • PG
  • 04/12/1947 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 51m

A Sweeping Panorama of Living

Overview

A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.

David Lean

Director, Screenplay

Ronald Neame

Screenplay

Anthony Havelock-Allan

Screenplay

Cast

Robert Newton's headshot

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson's headshot

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons
Amy Veness's headshot

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt's headshot

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia
Stanley Holloway's headshot

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell
John Mills's headshot

John Mills

Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh's headshot

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons
Eileen Erskine's headshot

Eileen Erskine

Vi Gibbons

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