Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.
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Frederick Piper as Billy Hapgood
Kathleen Boutall as Mary Hapgood
Margaret Barton as Myra Hapgood
Elspet Gray as Phyllis Hapgood
John Singer as Ted Hapgood
Nigel Buchanan as Arthur Hapgood
Josephine Stuart as Genevieve "Dandy" Hapgood
Peter Hammond as George Harris
Patrick Holt as John Nielson
Aubrey Morris as Ted Hapgood
A.P. Dearsley Novel
Arthur Reid Screenplay
Henry Passmore Producer
Roy Fogwell Director of Photography
Gerald Landau Editor
Don Russell Art Direction
Jimmy Evans Makeup Artist
H.C. Pearson Sound
Charles Saunders Director
United Kingdom 07 October 1948
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