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Those People Next Door
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Wikipedia article
'Those People Next Door' is a 1953 British second feature comedy film directed by John Harlow and starring Jack Warner, Charles Victor and Marjorie Rhodes.
Plot
In Second World War era Britain, working-class Sam Twigg (Jack Warner) and his wife Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are raising their family in the shadow of the Blitz.
Their next door neighbours Joe (Charles Victor) and Emma (Gladys Henson) practically live in the Twiggs house, borrowing cups of sugar or using their Anderson shelter. Controversy arises when Sam's pretty daughter Anne (Patricia Cutts) becomes romantically involved with RAF officer Victor Stevens (Peter Forbes-Robertson). There is disapproval from Victor's wealthy parents, Sir Andrew and Lady Stevens (Garry Marsh and Grace Arnold), who object to the match on grounds of class. Lady Stevens even offers money to the Twigg family to call off the relationship, which enrages father Sam. However, when RAF man Victor is reportedly shot down in action, parental attitudes soften.
Cast
* Jack Warner ... Sam Twigg
* Charles Victor ... Joe Higgins
* Marjorie Rhodes ... Mary Twigg
* Gladys Henson ... Emma Higgins
* Garry Marsh ... Sir Andrew Stevens
* Jimmy James ... Drunk
* Patricia Cutts ... Anne Twigg
* Peter Forbes-Robertson ... Victor Stevens
* Anthony Newley ... Bob Twigg
* Grace Arnold ... Lady Stevens
* Norah Gorsen ... Margaret Twigg
* Geoffrey Sumner ... F / Lt Claude Kimberley
Critical reception
'Sky Movies' gave the film three out of five stars, and wrote, "The Rank Organisation had unexpectedly boosted its bank balance with comedies about the cockney Hugget family (starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison) in post-war years, but decided to end the series after four films. Unconvinced that this vein of comedy had been mined out, producer Tom Blakeley's Manchester-based film unit, which had made Frank Randle comedies in the war years, took an old play set in 1941, hired Jack Warner and a good cast and let rip. Unfortunately, the characters were too unsympathetic and the piece still ran like a play, but the same distributors had better luck a couple of years later when they reunited Warner with Kathleen Harrison in 'Home and Away'."
References
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