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The Happiest Days of Your Life is a British film comedy first released in 1950,
directed by Frank Launder.
The film stars Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Guy Middleton, Joyce Grenfell and Edward Rigby.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Frank Launder
- Script: John Dighton, Frank Launder
- Photo: Stanley Pavey
- Music: Mischa Spoliansky
- Cast: Alastair Sim (Wetherby Pond), Margaret Rutherford (Muriel Whitchurch), Guy Middleton (Victor Hyde-Brown), Joyce Grenfell (Miss Gossage), Edward Rigby (Rainbow (school porter)), Muriel Aked (Miss Jezzard), John Bentley (Richard Tassell), Bernadette O’Farrell (Miss Harper), Richard Wattis (Arnold Billings), Gladys Henson (Mrs. Hampstead (school housekeeper)), John Turnbull (Conrad Matthews), Percy Walsh (Monsieur Joue), Arthur Howard (Anthony Ramsden), Myrette Morven (Miss Chapel), Laurence Naismith (Dr. Collett (school governor)), Patricia Owens (Angela Parry), Kenneth Downey (Sir Angus McNally (school governor)), Stringer Davis (Rev. Rich (school governor)), Angela Glynne (Barbara Colhoun), Harold Goodwin (Edwin (assistant school porter)), Margaret Anderson (Alice), Patience Rentoul (Miss Armstrong), Lilian Stanley (Miss Curtis), Stanley Lemin (Mr. Parry), Olwen Brookes (Mrs. Parry), Alan Broadhurst (Mr. Ibbertson), Vivien Wood (Mrs. Ibbertson), Nan Munro (Mrs. Jones), Russell Waters (Mr. West), George Benson (Mr. Tripp), Betty Blackler (Mary), Fred Marshall (Metcalf), John Rhodes (Cranbourne), Jim Davis (Talbot), Keith Faulkner (Unsworth), William Simonds (Oliver), Charlotte Mitchell (Ethel), Mackenzie Ward (Benson), George Cole (Junior assistant caretaker at Ministry of Education), Beryl Ede (Political canvasser), Pat Pleasence (Young girl)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 81 min; B&W
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