The Happy Family

The Happy Family

1952 · 86 min · ★ 7.8 · Comedy

When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.

Directed by Muriel Box · Written by Muriel Box

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Stanley Holloway Henry Lord
Kathleen Harrison Lillian Lord
Naunton Wayne Mr. Filch
Dandy Nichols Ada
John Stratton David
Eileen Moore Joan
Shirley Mitchell Marina
Margaret Barton Anne
George Cole Cyril
Miles Malleson Mr. Thwaites
Geoffrey Sumner Sir Charles Spanniell
Laurence Naismith Councillor

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