This Happy Breed
“A Sweeping Panorama of Living”
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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Cast
16 people
Robert Newton
Frank Gibbons
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
Oliver Twist
Celia Johnson
Ethel Gibbons
Known for
Brief Encounter
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Amy Veness
Mrs. Flint
Known for
Oliver Twist
Alison Leggatt
Aunt Sylvia
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
Far from the Madding Crowd
Stanley Holloway
Bob Mitchell
Known for
My Fair Lady
Brief Encounter
John Mills
Billy Mitchell
Known for
Great Expectations
Gandhi
Bessie Love
Herself (Archive Footage)
Kay Walsh
Queenie Gibbons
Known for
Oliver Twist
Stage Fright
Eileen Erskine
Vi Gibbons
Known for
Great Expectations
John Blythe
Reg Gibbons
Known for
Bon Voyage
Guy Verney
Sam Leadbitter
Also in
Martin Luther
The Floating Dutchman
Betty Fleetwood
Phyllis Blake
Also in
When We Are Married
David Lean Director · Ronald Neame Screenplay Anthony Havelock-Allan Screenplay
Budget $900K · United States release April 12, 1947 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$900,000
Production
Cineguild
Production
Two Cities Films
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 28, 1944
Theatrical
United States · April 12, 1947
Theatrical
France
January 14, 1948 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 4, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
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