6.6
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
Jack Warner
Joe Huggett
Kathleen Harrison
Ethel Huggett
Susan Shaw
Susan Huggett
Petula Clark
Pet Huggett
David Tomlinson
Harold Hinchley
Diana Dors
Diana Gowan
Peter Hammond
Peter Hawtrey
Amy Veness
Grandma
Hubert Gregg
Maurice Lever
John Blythe
Gowan
Anthony Newley
Dudley
Charles Victor
Mr. Hall
Adrianne Allen
Mrs. Mildred Hall
Frederick Piper
Mr. Bentley
Empsie Bowman
Old Lady
Isa Bowman
Old Lady
Nellie Bowman
Old Lady
Eliot Makeham
Mr. Christie
Clive Morton
Mr. Campbell
Norman Shelley
Mr. Wilson
Lyn Evans
Sergeant Pike
Hal Osmond
Fishmonger
Elizabeth Hunt
Mrs. Lever
Ferdy Mayne
Waiter
Esma Cannon
(uncredited)
Howard Douglas
Chairman of the First Meeting (uncredited)
Arthur Hambling
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Dennis Harkin
Heckler (uncredited)
Director
Ken Annakin
Screenplay
Denis Constanduros
Screenplay
Mabel Constanduros
July 9, 2022
6
Fortunately, the producers realised that the whole "Huggett" concept had run it's course, and so before they got just a bit too silly, retired the family with this rather fun poke at the British local government system. This time, it's "Ma" (Kathleen Harrison) who finds that a plot of land she, and cousin "Diana" (Diana Dors) inherited by the riverside is required by the council to build a leisure centre. Reluctant to sell, she soon discovers that the proponent of this plan is none-other than her husband (Jack Warner) who made the proposal blissfully unaware that his own family owned the land... When he decides to stand for office to facilitate the development, there are allegations of profiteering being bandied about and he has to think on his feet. It's light-hearted fun, this film - it swipes at the inefficiencies and red tape that always seems to manage to thwart even the most consensually popular of projects, and with a fittingly concluding number from daughter "Pet" (Petula Clark) the series signs off as it ran - amusingly, amiably and with most of it's self respect still intact.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00