Rent This Happy Breed (1944)
3.7 of 5 from 110 ratings
1h 45min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After four years in the Great War (WWI), Frank Gibbons (Robert Newton) is demobbed and returns home to his wife (Celia Johnson) and their children. They move into a small house which, although homely, becomes the setting for much high drama.
- Actors:
- Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Amy Veness, Alison Leggatt, Stanley Holloway, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Eileen Erskine, John Blythe, Guy Verney, Betty Fleetwood, Merle Tottenham, Robin Burns, Mabel Etherington, Charles King, Bessie Love, Jack May, Anita Page, Pat Ryan, Jack Sharp
- Directors:
- David Lean
- Producers:
- Noël Coward
- Narrated By:
- Laurence Olivier
- Writers:
- David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Noël Coward
- Studio:
- Carlton Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- British WWII Films: The Home Front and Europe, Drama Films & TV, Films & TV by topic, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: John Mills, Historical British Prime Ministers On Screen, Memory Lane: Films Set in 1920s, Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top 10 British War Films (1939-45), Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/06/2012
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two Trailers
- Restoration Featurette
- Extensive Stills Galleries
- Two South Bank Shows featuring David Lean
- Original material in PDF format
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. No Pace For The Wicked
2. That's A Bit Of Luck
3. Merry Christmas
4. Hello Queenie
5. Strikes And Demonstrations
6. Father And Sonn
7. The Broadway Medley
8. The Wedding Day
9. It's My House
10. Time For Tea
11. Lying In State
12. Peace In Our Time
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features (DVD)
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Reviews (2) of This Happy Breed
The play must have been great. - This Happy Breed review by CP Customer
As a film with the perspective of the 1920s through to the start of World War Two it is one of the best. It is an old film but in this case that is not a fault. Give the characters time they develop wonderfully and the main players are the best of English actors of the time. A brilliant Sunday afternoon film, sit back and enjoy.
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Surprisingly relevant 80 years on!! - This Happy Breed review by AW
We'll cast, beautifully scripted, interestingly filmed. We really enjoyed this classic of the cinema about a family's travails living through the London of 1919-39.
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