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.
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad 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
'Lincoln's INN'
Greta Gynt
Sylvia Meadows
Edward Rigby
'Tich'
Joyce Howard
Mary
Bransby Williams
Ben
John Baxter
Director
George Carney
Charlie
Herbert Ayres
Writer
Barbara K. Emary
Writer
Eliot Makeham
Inky
Geoffrey Orme
Writer
Mark Hambourg
'Chopin'
Paul Martin
Chris
Kennedy Russell
Composer
James Wilson
Cinematographer
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
Arthur Hambling
Pettit
Elizabeth Hunt
Annie
Vi Kaley
2nd Servant At Window
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.