Cheer Boys Cheer
1939 · 84 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Directed by Walter Forde · Written by Allan MacKinnon
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Nova Pilbeam Margaret Greenleaf -
Edmund Gwenn Edward Ironside -
Moore Marriott Geordie -
Graham Moffatt Albert Baldwin -
Jimmy O'Dea Matt Boyle -
C. V. France Tom Greenleaf -
Peter Coke John Ironside -
Alexander Knox Saunders -
Ivor Barnard Naseby - S Sidney Monckton Sancho
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