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	*[https://archive.org/details/voteforhuggett Complete film] at [[Internet Archive]]		*[https://archive.org/details/voteforhuggett Complete film] at [[Internet Archive]]
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{{Infobox film
| name = Vote for Huggett
| image = "Vote_for_Huggett"_(1949).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = British 1-sheet poster
| director = [[Ken Annakin]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]]
| writer = [[Mabel Constanduros]] Denis Constanduros [[Allan MacKinnon]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]] [[Kathleen Harrison]] [[Susan Shaw]] [[Petula Clark]]
| music = [[Antony Hopkins]]
| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer]]
| editing = [[Gordon Hales]]
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] (UK)
| released = February 1949
| runtime = 84 mins
|gross =£143,000 (by 1953)<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 211]</ref>
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''Vote for Huggett''''' is a 1949 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and starring [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], [[Kathleen Harrison]], [[Susan Shaw]] and [[Petula Clark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ba1470a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712003454/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6ba1470a|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-12|title=Vote for Huggett (1948)|work=BFI}}</ref> Warner reprises his role as the head of a London family, in the post-war years.

In this, the third in the series of films about [[The Huggetts (film series)|the Huggetts]] after ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]],'' in 1947, and ''[[Here Come the Huggetts]]'' (1948), Joe Huggett decides to run as a candidate in the [[municipal]] election. It was followed later in 1949 by ''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26662908 |title=FAMILY LIFE SERIES by British Producers |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CLXX |issue=24,665 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=31 December 1949 |access-date=12 July 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Plot==
After writing a letter to the local newspaper, calling for the construction of a [[pleasure garden]] for a new war memorial, Joe Huggett is overwhelmed by the response from the public. However, his call is awkward for a corrupt local councillor who has plans of his own for the space from which his business can profit. Other people see opportunities of their own in supporting Huggett's plan and he is persuaded to stand for election as a local councillor. In her efforts to help his campaign, Pet gets rather too enthusiastic. Meanwhile, Susan's love life gets complicated when her boyfriend Peter proposes marriage and then finds he has competition.

==Cast==
* [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]] as Joe Huggett, Father
* [[Kathleen Harrison]] as Ethel Huggett, Mother
* [[Susan Shaw]] as Susan Huggett
* [[Petula Clark]] as Pet Huggett
* [[David Tomlinson]] as Harold Hinchley
* [[Diana Dors]] as Diana Gowan
* [[Peter Hammond (actor)|Peter Hammond]] as Peter Hawtrey
* [[Amy Veness]] as Grandma Huggett
* [[Hubert Gregg]] as Maurice Lever
* [[John Blythe (actor)|John Blythe]] as Gowan
* [[Anthony Newley]] as Dudley
* [[Charles Victor]] as Mr Hall
* [[Adrianne Allen]] as Mrs Hall
* [[Frederick Piper]] as Bentley
* [[Eliot Makeham]] as Christie
* [[Clive Morton]] as Campbell, Huggett's boss
* [[Norman Shelley]] as Wilson
* Lyn Evans as Police Sergeant Pike
* [[Hal Osmond]] as Fishmonger
* Elizabeth Hunt as Mrs Lever
* [[Ferdy Mayne]] as Waiter
* Nellie Bowman - Eccentric Old Lady
* Empsie Bowman as Eccentric Old Lady
* [[Isa Bowman]] as Eccentric Old Lady

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' described ''Vote for Huggett'' as "one of three films in the rather dismal 'Huggett Family' series".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/vote-for-huggett/review/122224/|title=Vote For Huggett|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> The ''[[Radio Times]]'' praised Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison, "wonderful as mum and dad and yes, that's a young Diana Dors as the troublesome niece".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/mf69t/vote-for-huggett|title=Vote for Huggett|author=Brian Baxter|work=RadioTimes}}</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote, "the film is well up to the standard set by the first in the series, and relies for its appeal on its homely humour and fine characterisations by Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison as Joe and Ethel Huggett, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark as their daughters and Diana Dors as niece Diana. Strong support is rendered by the remainder of the cast."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petulaclark.net/films/voteforhuggett.html|title=Vote for Huggett|work=petulaclark.net}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0042028}}
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/vote-for-huggett/ A Vote for Huggett] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba1470a Vote for Huggett] at BFI
*[https://archive.org/details/voteforhuggett Complete film] at [[Internet Archive]]
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[[Category:The Huggetts (film series)]]
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