Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 8, 1953Release Date
Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 8, 1953Release Date
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Plot.
Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.

Peter Asher
Charles, The Boy

Cecil Parker
Charles, the boy's father

Eileen Herlie
Isabel, the boy's mother

Donald Wolfit
Willie, the boy's uncle

Eleanor Summerfield
Kate, Willie's wife

Robert Urquhart
Frank, Charles' brother

Dianne Foster
Virginia, a young lady from America

Henry Hewitt
Arthur, a cousin and clergyman

Arthur Young
Sir George Probus, a neighbor

Fabia Drake
Lady Probus, wife of Sir George

Philip Stainton
Mason, a doctor

Cecil Trouncer
Barsmith, another doctor

Russell Waters
Green

Edwin Styles
Bamboula

Alec Finter
Uncle Richard

Cicely Paget-Bowman
Aunt Theo

Basil Cunard
Uncle Henry

Viola Lyel
Aunt Jane

John Welsh
Uncle James

Margot Lister
Aunt Betsy

George Woodbridge
Cockie

Wensley Pithey
Sam

Harold French
Director

Terry Hunter
Production Manager

Harold Haysom
Camera Operator

Cecil Mason
Sound Recordist

Edward B. Jarvis
Editor

Louis Levy
Music Director

Bob Clark
Makeup Artist

Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography

Goff Price
Wardrobe Master

Terence Verity
Art Direction
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
Isn't Life Wonderful! is a 1953 British technicolor period comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie and Donald Wolfit. The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of Associated British with sets designed by the art director Terence Verity. It was released in the United States as Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop, the title of Brock Williams original 1948 novel based on his boyhood experiences.
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