Isn't Life Wonderful! (1954)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 10, 1954Release Date
Isn't Life Wonderful! (1954)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 10, 1954Release 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.
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Cast & Crew.
Cecil Parker
Father
Eileen Herlie
Mother
Donald Wolfit
Uncle Willie
Eleanor Summerfield
Kate, Willie's wife
Peter Asher
Charles
Robert Urquhart
Frank, Charles' brother
Harold French
Director
Dianne Foster
Virginia, a young lady from America
Brock Williams
Writer
Henry Hewitt
Arthur, a cousin and clergyman
Warwick Ward
Producer
Arthur Young
Sir George Probus, a neighbor
Philip Green
Composer
Erwin Hillier
Cinematographer
Fabia Drake
Lady Probus, wife of Sir George
Edward B. Jarvis
Editor
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
Louis Levy
Music Director
Terence Verity
Art Direction
Gordon Scott
First Assistant Director
Anna Duse
Costume Designer
Arthur Southgate
Sound Editor
Cecil Mason
Sound Recordist
Harold Haysom
Camera Operator
Bob Clark
Makeup Artist
Jayne Seymour
Hairstylist
Pamela Gayler
Continuity
Terry Hunter
Production Manager
Goff Price
Wardrobe Master
Winifred Jackson
Wardrobe Master
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.