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	*[https://archive.org/stream/variety172-1948-12#page/n65/mode/2up Review of film] at ''Variety''		*[https://archive.org/stream/variety172-1948-12#page/n65/mode/2up Review of film] at ''Variety''
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	'''''Here Come the Huggetts''''' is a 1948 British [[comedy film]], the first of the [[The Huggetts (film series)\|Huggetts series]], about a [[working class]] English family. All three films in the series were directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and released by [[Gainsborough Pictures]].<ref>HERE COME THE HUGGETTS		'''''Here Come the Huggetts''''' is a 1948 British [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]], the first of the [[The Huggetts (film series)\|Huggetts series]], about a [[w:working class\|working class]] English family. All three films in the series were directed by [[w:Ken Annakin\|Ken Annakin]] and released by [[w:Gainsborough Pictures\|Gainsborough Pictures]].<ref>HERE COME THE HUGGETTS
	Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 16, Iss. 181, (Jan 1, 1949): 2.</ref>		Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 16, Iss. 181, (Jan 1, 1949): 2.</ref>

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{{Infobox film
| name = Here Come the Huggetts
| image = Huggetts.jpg
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| director = [[Ken Annakin]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]]
| writer = [[Muriel Box]] [[Sydney Box]] [[Peter Rogers]] Denis Constanduros [[Mabel Constanduros]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]] [[Kathleen Harrison]] [[Jane Hylton]] [[Susan Shaw]] [[Petula Clark]]
| music = [[Antony Hopkins]]
| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer]]
| editing = [[Gordon Hales]]
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = 24 November 1948
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
|budget = £100,000<ref name="box">[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sY1LGFNtCOEC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=sydney+box+film+producer&source=bl&ots=F02E_WOkLo&sig=bTwtFh0NIsHllgPcTGLkovJObNU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmkt78sr_MAhXltIMKHcEYCX0Q6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=sydney%20box%20film%20producer&f=false Andrew Spicer, ''Sydney Box'' Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 210]</ref>
|gross = £127,000<ref name="box"/>
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'''''Here Come the Huggetts''''' is a 1948 British [[comedy film]], the first of the [[The Huggetts (film series)|Huggetts series]], about a [[working class]] English family. All three films in the series were directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and released by [[Gainsborough Pictures]].<ref>HERE COME THE HUGGETTS
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 16, Iss. 181, (Jan 1, 1949): 2.</ref>

[[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]] and [[Kathleen Harrison]] head the cast as factory worker Joe Huggett and his wife Ethel, with [[Petula Clark]], [[Jane Hylton]] and [[Susan Shaw]] as their young daughters (all with the same first names as the actresses portraying them) and [[Amy Veness]] as their opinionated grandmother. [[Diana Dors]] had an early role.<ref>{{Citation
| title=Pix
| publication-date=1938
| publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-468508659
| access-date=21 April 2019
}}</ref>

Joe and Ethel had been introduced a year earlier in the film ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]]'' and there would be two sequels, ''[[Vote for Huggett]]'' and ''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]'' (both 1949).

==Plot==
Factory worker Joe Huggett has a first-time telephone installed at home, for work purposes, but his daughters quickly find a lot more use for it. Diana, a flighty cousin of Ethel's (played by a 16-year-old [[Diana Dors]]), arrives for a not-very-welcome visit and causes problems at home and at Joe's workplace when Ethel persuades Joe to get her a job there. Eldest daughter Jane must choose between her fiancé who has been away in the forces and a new local admirer. Meanwhile, the family is planning to go to London to see the [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh|royal wedding]], and Grandma Huggett joins them in camping out overnight near [[Buckingham Palace]].

Clark, who began her career as a child vocalist on [[BBC Radio]], sings the song "Walking Backwards".

==Cast==
* [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]] as Joe Huggett
* [[Kathleen Harrison]] as Ethel Huggett
* [[Jane Hylton]] as Jane Huggett
* [[Susan Shaw]] as Susan Huggett
* [[Petula Clark]] as Pet Huggett
* [[Jimmy Hanley]] as Jimmy Gardner
* [[David Tomlinson]] as Harold Hinchley
* [[Diana Dors]] as Diana Hopkins
* [[Peter Hammond (actor)|Peter Hammond]] as Peter Hawtrey
* [[John Blythe (actor)|John Blythe]] as Gowan
* [[Amy Veness]] as Grandma Huggett
* [[Clive Morton]] as Mr. Campbell
* [[Maurice Denham]] as 1st Engineer
* [[Doris Hare]] as Mrs. Fisher
* [[Esma Cannon]] as Youth Leader
* [[Alison Leggatt]] as Miss Perks
* [[Dandy Nichols]] as Aunt Edie
* [[Hal Osmond]] as 2nd Engineer
* Peter Scott as Office Boy
* Keith Shepherd as Vicar
* [[Edmundo Ros]] as Himself (as Edmundo Ros and His Rhumba Band)

==Production==
Filming took place in June 1948. The working title was ''Wedding Bells''.<ref>Sonia Dresdel opens the large Tory Rally
Date: Friday, June 18, 1948
Publication: Essex Newsman (Chelmsford, England) Issue: 4325 page 2</ref>

Film reviewer Stephen Vagg described the film as a breakthrough role for Diana Dors, who played Ma Huggett's niece.<ref name="bomb">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee|date=September 7, 2020|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/a-tale-of-two-blondes-diana-dors-and-belinda-lee/}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0040431}}
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ac27235 Here Come the Huggetts] at BFI
*[https://archive.org/stream/variety172-1948-12#page/n65/mode/2up Review of film] at ''Variety''
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{{Gainsborough Pictures}}

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