The Common Touch (1941)
1h 44m
Running Time
November 15, 1941Release Date
The Common Touch (1941)
1h 44m
Running Time
November 15, 1941Release Date
Plot.
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
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Cast & Crew.

Geoffrey Hibbert
Peter Henderson

Harry Welchman
Lincolns Inn

Greta Gynt
Sylvia Meadows

Joyce Howard
Mary

Edward Rigby
'Tich'

Bransby Williams
Ben

George Carney
Charlie

Eliot Makeham
Inky

Mark Hambourg
'Chopin'

Paul Martin
Chris

Raymond Lovell
Cartwright

John Longden
Stuart Gordon

Wally Patch
'Nobby'

Edgar Driver
'Oily'

Bernard Miles
Cricket Steward

Scott Sanders
Pat

Ian Maclaren
Harmonica Player

Jerry Verno
Office Messenger

Charles Carson
Haywood

Ben Williams
Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match

John Slater
Joe

Bill Fraser
Harris

John Turnbull
Father at School Cricket Match

Marian Spencer
Mother at School Cricket Match

Grant Tyler
Son at School Cricket Match

Dennis Wyndham
Commissionaire

Hector Abbas
Foreigner

Cyril Chamberlain
Jenkins

Rowland Douglas
Manservant

Edwin Ellis
Shorty

Carroll Gibbons
Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader / Orchestrator

Arthur Hambling
Pettit

Elizabeth Hunt
Annie

Vi Kaley
2nd Servant At Window

Margaret Lang
Miss Wayne

Eric Lugg
Winstanley

Sandy Macpherson
Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist

Arthur Maude
Martin

Gerald Moore
Baker Boy

Charles Rolfe
Detective Inspector

Harry Terry
Bill

Iris Vandeleur
Alice

Percy Walsh
McFarlane

Freddie Watts
Chauffeur

Otto Friese
Club Patron

Jack May
Workman

John Baxter
Director / Producer

Barbara K. Emary
Screenplay

Geoffrey Orme
Screenplay

Herbert Ayres
Story

R. Holmes Paul
Art Direction

Arthur Grant
Camera Operator

James Wilson
Director of Photography

Arthur Barnes
Assistant Director

George Provis
Art Direction

Jack Harris
Supervising Editor

Grace Garland
Assistant Editor

George Diamond
Sound Recordist

George Claff
Makeup Artist

Joan Davis
Choreographer

Wallace Orton
Associate Producer

Kennedy Russell
Original Music Composer / Conductor

Harold King
Music Supervisor
Details.
Wiki.
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt, and Joyce Howard. The film is a remake by the director of his 1933 film Doss House.
Pianist Mark Hambourg appears in a small role.
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