The Common Touch (1941)
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.
Director:
John Baxter
Writers:
Geoffrey Orme, Barbara K. Emary.
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Geoffrey Hibbert as Peter Henderson |
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Harry Welchman as Lincolns Inn |
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Greta Gynt as Sylvia Meadows |
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Joyce Howard as Mary |
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Edward Rigby as 'Tich' |
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Bransby Williams as Ben |
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George Carney as Charlie |
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Eliot Makeham as Inky |
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Mark Hambourg as 'Chopin' |
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Paul Martin as Chris |
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Raymond Lovell as Cartwright |
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John Longden as Stuart Gordon |
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Wally Patch as 'Nobby' |
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Edgar Driver as 'Oily' |
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Bernard Miles as Cricket Steward |
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Scott Sanders as Pat |
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Ian Maclaren as Harmonica Player |
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Jerry Verno as Office Messenger |
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Charles Carson as Haywood |
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Ben Williams as Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match |
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John Slater as Joe |
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Bill Fraser as Harris |
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John Turnbull as Father at School Cricket Match |
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Marian Spencer as Mother at School Cricket Match |
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Grant Tyler as Son at School Cricket Match |
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Dennis Wyndham as Commissionaire |
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Hector Abbas as Foreigner |
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Cyril Chamberlain as Jenkins |
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Rowland Douglas as Manservant |
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Edwin Ellis as Shorty |
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Carroll Gibbons as Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader |
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Arthur Hambling as Pettit |
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Elizabeth Hunt as Annie |
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Vi Kaley as 2nd Servant At Window |
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Margaret Lang as Miss Wayne |
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Eric Lugg as Winstanley |
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Sandy Macpherson as Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist |
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Arthur Maude as Martin |
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Gerald Moore as Baker Boy |
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Charles Rolfe as Detective Inspector |
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Harry Terry as Bill |
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Iris Vandeleur as Alice |
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Percy Walsh as McFarlane |
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Freddie Watts as Chauffeur |
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Otto Friese as Club Patron |
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Jack May as Workman |
| Directing | John Baxter | Director |
| Writing | Geoffrey Orme | Screenplay |
| Camera | Arthur Grant | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Barbara K. Emary | Screenplay |
| Production | John Baxter | Producer |
| Writing | Herbert Ayres | Story |
| Art | R. Holmes Paul | Art Direction |
| Camera | James Wilson | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Arthur Barnes | Assistant Director |
| Art | George Provis | Art Direction |
| Editing | Jack Harris | Supervising Editor |
| Editing | Grace Garland | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | George Diamond | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Claff | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Joan Davis | Choreographer |
| Production | Wallace Orton | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Kennedy Russell | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kennedy Russell | Conductor |
| Sound | Carroll Gibbons | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Harold King | Music Supervisor |
