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The Huggetts Abroad
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Wikipedia article
'The Huggetts Abroad' is a 1949 British film starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was the final film of The Huggetts. The film was less commercially successful than its predecessors. A sequel, 'Christmas with the Huggetts', was planned but never made.
Plot
After Joe Huggett loses his job, the family decide to emigrate to South Africa, travelling via a land route that takes them across Africa. On their journey they become entangled with a diamond smuggler.
Cast
* Jack Warner as Joe Huggett
* Kathleen Harrison as Ethel Huggett
* Susan Shaw as Susan Huggett
* Petula Clark as Pet Huggett
* Dinah Sheridan as Jane Huggett
* Hugh McDermott as Bob McCoy
* Jimmy Hanley as Jimmy Gardner
* Peter Hammond as Peter Hawtrey
* John Blythe as Gowan
* Amy Veness as Grandma Huggett
* Peter Illing as Algerian Detective
* Frith Banbury as French Doctor
* Olaf Pooley as Straker
* Esma Cannon as Brown Owl
* Sheila Raynor as Woman with Straker
Production
Jane Hylton was ill so her part was played by Dinah Sheridan. She was then married to Jimmy Hanley.Barred the course
Author: Ian Coster Date: Monday, Oct. 11, 1948
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 16352 p 3
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