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This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed
★ 7.1/10•1944•1h 51m•PG•Drama

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.

David Lean · Director

Ronald Neame · Screenplay

David Lean · Screenplay

Anthony Havelock-Allan · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 51m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 28, 1944
Budget$900,000

Actors

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

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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