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*[https://letterboxd.com/film/vote-for-huggett/ A Vote for Huggett] at Letterbox DVD | *[https://letterboxd.com/film/vote-for-huggett/ A Vote for Huggett] at Letterbox DVD | ||
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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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| Directed by | Ken Annakin |
| Written by | Mabel Constanduros Denis Constanduros Allan MacKinnon |
| Produced by | Betty E. Box |
| Starring | Jack Warner Kathleen Harrison Susan Shaw Petula Clark |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
| Edited by | Gordon Hales |
| Music by | Antony Hopkins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date | February 1949 |
Running time | 84 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £143,000 (by 1953)[1] |
Vote for Huggett is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark.[2] 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 after 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.[3]
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 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 as Peter Hawtrey
- Amy Veness as Grandma Huggett
- Hubert Gregg as Maurice Lever
- 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".[4] 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".[5] 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."[6]
References
- ^ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
- ^ "Vote for Huggett (1948)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
- ^ "FAMILY LIFE SERIES by British Producers". The Mercury. Vol. CLXX, no. 24, 665. Tasmania, Australia. 31 December 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 12 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Vote For Huggett". TVGuide.com.
- ^ Brian Baxter. "Vote for Huggett". RadioTimes.
- ^ "Vote for Huggett". petulaclark.net.
External links
- Vote for Huggett at IMDb
- A Vote for Huggett at Letterbox DVD
- Vote for Huggett at the British Film Institute
- Complete film at Internet Archive
- Articles with short description
- Pages using infobox film with unknown parameters
- Pages using infobox film with nonstandard dates
- IMDb title ID not in Wikidata
- 1949 films
- Films directed by Ken Annakin
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- British black-and-white films
- British comedy films
- 1949 comedy films
- Films scored by Antony Hopkins
- The Huggetts (film series)
- Films about elections
- 1940s British films
