Movie Description
The Common Touch
(1941)Overview
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Baxter
- Producer : John Baxter
- Cast : Geoffrey Hibbert,Harry Welchman,Greta Gynt,Joyce Howard,Edward Rigby,Bransby Williams,George Carney,Eliot Makeham,Mark Hambourg,Paul Martin,Raymond Lovell,John Longden,Wally Patch,Edgar Driver,Bernard Miles,Scott Sanders,Ian Maclaren,Jerry Verno,Charles Carson,Ben Williams,John Slater,Bill Fraser,John Turnbull,Marian Spencer,Grant Tyler,Dennis Wyndham,Hector Abbas,Cyril Chamberlain,Rowland Douglas,Edwin Ellis,Carroll Gibbons,Arthur Hambling,Elizabeth Hunt,Vi Kaley,Margaret Lang,Eric Lugg,Sandy Macpherson,Arthur Maude,Gerald Moore,Charles Rolfe,Harry Terry,Iris Vandeleur,Percy Walsh,Freddie Watts,Otto Friese,Jack May
Cast
Peter Henderson
Lincolns Inn
Sylvia Meadows
Mary
'Tich'
Ben
Charlie
Inky
'Chopin'
Chris
Cartwright
Stuart Gordon
'Nobby'
'Oily'
Cricket Steward
Pat
Harmonica Player
Office Messenger
Haywood
Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match
Joe
Harris
Father at School Cricket Match
Mother at School Cricket Match
Son at School Cricket Match
Commissionaire
Foreigner
Jenkins
Manservant
Shorty
Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader
Pettit
Annie
2nd Servant At Window
Miss Wayne
Winstanley
Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist
Martin
Baker Boy
Detective Inspector
Bill
Alice
McFarlane
Chauffeur
Club Patron
Workman
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Facts
Original TitleThe Common Touch
Status Released
Release Information
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1941-11-15
Original Language
Runtime 01h 44m
Production CompaniesBritish National Films
Genres
- Drama