This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

A Sweeping Panorama of Living

1944•111 min

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A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.

Director: David Lean

Writers: Ronald Neame, David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Where to watch

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Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

Top cast

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Frank Gibbons

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Ethel Gibbons

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Mrs. Flint

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Aunt Sylvia

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Bob Mitchell

John Mills

John Mills

Billy Mitchell

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Queenie Gibbons

Reviews

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This gently entertaining film follows the trials and tribulations of the "Gibbons" family - mum, "Ethel" (Celia Johnson), dad "Frank" (Robert Newton), daughters "Queenie" (Kay Walsh), "Vi" (Eileen Erskine) and their son "Reg" (John Blythe) alongside her mother "Mrs. Flint" (Amy V…

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