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This Happy Breed (1944)

Directed by David Lean

Overview

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, 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.

Rated PG | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Robert Newton | Celia Johnson | Amy Veness | Alison Leggatt | Stanley Holloway | John Mills | Kay Walsh | Eileen Erskine | John Blythe | Guy Verney | Betty Fleetwood | Merle Tottenham | Mabel Etherington | Jack May | Laurence Olivier