This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

A Sweeping Panorama of Living

1944•1h 51m•7.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(60)

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.

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Production

Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell

John Mills

John Mills

Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons

Eileen Erskine

Vi Gibbons

John Blythe

John Blythe

Reg Gibbons

Guy Verney

Guy Verney

Sam Leadbitter

Betty Fleetwood

Phyllis Blake

Merle Tottenham

Merle Tottenham

Edie

Mabel Etherington

Woman in Crowd

Jack May

Jack May

Mourner

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Narrator (voice)

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