Fly Away Peter
6.4
Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.
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Cast
15 people
Frederick Piper
Billy Hapgood
Known for
Passport to Pimlico
49th Parallel
Kathleen Boutall
Mary Hapgood
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Two Thousand Women
Charles Saunders
Henry Passmore
AP Dearsley
Margaret Barton
Myra Hapgood
Known for
Brief Encounter
Arthur Reid
Elspet Gray
Phyllis Hapgood
Known for
Blackadder
Four Weddings and a Funeral
John Singer
Ted Hapgood
Known for
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nigel Buchanan
Arthur Hapgood
Also in
Fools Rush In
Quartet
Josephine Stuart
Genevieve "Dandy" Hapgood
Known for
Oliver Twist
Peter Hammond
George Harris
Known for
X: The Unknown
Charles Saunders Director · Arthur Reid Screenplay A.P. Dearsley Author
First release October 7, 1948 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Production Facilities
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Highbury Productions
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J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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United Kingdom
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 7, 1948
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