This Happy Breed
7.167
115 minutes
5/28/1944
Overview
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival, and even another World War.
Cast List
Robert Newton
as Frank Gibbons
Celia Johnson
as Ethel Gibbons
Amy Veness
as Mrs. Flint
Alison Leggatt
as Aunt Sylvia
Stanley Holloway
as Bob Mitchell
John Mills
as Billy Mitchell
Kay Walsh
as Queenie Gibbons
Eileen Erskine
as Vi Gibbons
John Blythe
as Reg Gibbons
Guy Verney
as Sam Leadbitter
Betty Fleetwood
as Phyllis Blake
Merle Tottenham
as Edie
Mabel Etherington
as Woman in Crowd
Jack May
as Mourner
Laurence Olivier
as Narrator (voice)