

05/11/1948
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

Richard Attenborough
as Percy Boon

Alastair Sim
as Mr. Squales

Fay Compton
as Mrs. Josser

Stephen Murray
as Uncle Henry

Wylie Watson
as Mr. Josser

Susan Shaw
as Doris Josser

Hugh Griffith
as Headlam Fynne

Joyce Carey
as Mrs Vizzard

Ivy St. Helier
as Connie Coke

Andrew Crawford
as Bill

Eleanor Summerfield
as The Blonde

Jack McNaughton
as Jimmy

Maurice Denham
as Jack Rufus

Aubrey Dexter
as Mr Battlebury

Henry Hewitt
as Verriter

Arthur Howard
as Mr Chinkwell

Fabia Drake
as Mrs Jan Byl

Sydney Tafler
as Night Club Receptionist

Henry Edwards
as Police Superintendant

George Cross
as Inspector Cartwright

Cyril Chamberlain
as Det Sgt Wilson

Edward Evans
as Det Sgt Taylor

John Salew
as Mr Banks

Russell Waters
as Clerk of the Court

Cecil Trouncer
as Mr Henry Wassall KC

Kenneth Downey
as Mr Veezey Blaize KC

Ivor Barnard
as Mr Justice Plymme

Basil Cunard
as Foreman of the Jury

Wensley Pithey
as 1st Warden

Manville Tarrant
as 2nd Warden

Arthur Lowe
as Commuter on Train (uncredited)

Ewen Solon
as Clerk (uncredited)

Jack May
as Bystander (uncredited)

Reg Thomason
as Bystander (uncredited)

Myrette Morven
as Female Employee (uncredited)

Ewan Roberts
as 1st Policeman (uncredited)

Stanley Beard
as 2nd Policeman (uncredited)

Leo Genn
as Narrator (uncredited)
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