The Happy Family (1952)
1h 26m
Running Time
March 30, 1952Release Date
Plot.
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
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Cast & Crew.
Stanley Holloway
Henry Lord
Kathleen Harrison
Lillian Lord
Naunton Wayne
Mr. Filch
Dandy Nichols
Ada
John Stratton
David
Muriel Box
Director
Eileen Moore
Joan
Shirley Mitchell
Marina
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The Happy Family is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne. The plot of the film centres on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the Festival of Britain. It is also known in the U.S. by the alternative title Mr. Lord Says No. It was an adaptation of a play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton.