107 minutes
11/5/1948
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
Richard Attenborough
as Percy Boon
Alastair Sim
as Mr. Squales
Fay Compton
as Mrs. Josser
Stephen Murray
as Uncle Henry
Wylie Watson
as Mr. Josser
Susan Shaw
as Doris Josser
Hugh Griffith
as Headlam Fynne
Joyce Carey
as Mrs Vizzard
Ivy St. Helier
as Connie Coke
Andrew Crawford
as Bill
Eleanor Summerfield
as The Blonde
Jack McNaughton
as Jimmy
Maurice Denham
as Jack Rufus
Aubrey Dexter
as Mr Battlebury
Henry Hewitt
as Verriter
Arthur Howard
as Mr Chinkwell
Fabia Drake
as Mrs Jan Byl
Sydney Tafler
as Night Club Receptionist
Henry Edwards
as Police Superintendant
George Cross
as Inspector Cartwright
Cyril Chamberlain
as Det Sgt Wilson
Edward Evans
as Det Sgt Taylor
John Salew
as Mr Banks
Russell Waters
as Clerk of the Court
Cecil Trouncer
as Mr Henry Wassall KC
Kenneth Downey
as Mr Veezey Blaize KC
Ivor Barnard
as Mr Justice Plymme
Basil Cunard
as Foreman of the Jury
Wensley Pithey
as 1st Warden
Manville Tarrant
as 2nd Warden
Arthur Lowe
as Commuter on Train (uncredited)
Ewen Solon
as Clerk (uncredited)
Jack May
as Bystander (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
as Bystander (uncredited)
Myrette Morven
as Female Employee (uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
as 1st Policeman (uncredited)
Stanley Beard
as 2nd Policeman (uncredited)
Leo Genn
as Narrator (uncredited)