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Film / 1941
The Common Touch
Directed by
John Baxter
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old 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.
The story
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old 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.
Cast
Geoffrey HibbertPeter Henderson
Harry WelchmanLincolns Inn
Greta GyntSylvia Meadows
Joyce HowardMary
Edward Rigby'Tich'
Bransby WilliamsBen
George CarneyCharlie
Eliot MakehamInky
Mark Hambourg'Chopin'
Paul MartinChris
Raymond LovellCartwright
John LongdenStuart Gordon
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Wally Patch'Nobby'
Edgar Driver'Oily'
Bernard MilesCricket Steward
Scott SandersPat
Ian MaclarenHarmonica Player
Jerry VernoOffice Messenger
Charles CarsonHaywood
Ben WilliamsWorkman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match
John SlaterJoe
Bill FraserHarris
John TurnbullFather at School Cricket Match
Marian SpencerMother at School Cricket Match
Grant TylerSon at School Cricket Match
Dennis WyndhamCommissionaire
Hector AbbasForeigner
Cyril ChamberlainJenkins
Rowland DouglasManservant
Edwin EllisShorty
Carroll GibbonsCarroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader
Arthur HamblingPettit
Elizabeth HuntAnnie
Vi Kaley2nd Servant At Window
Margaret LangMiss Wayne
Eric LuggWinstanley
Sandy MacphersonSandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist
Arthur MaudeMartin
Gerald MooreBaker Boy
Charles RolfeDetective Inspector
Harry TerryBill
Iris VandeleurAlice
Percy WalshMcFarlane
Freddie WattsChauffeur
Otto FrieseClub Patron
Jack MayWorkman
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