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| Directed by | Ken Annakin |
| Written by | Gerard Bryant Ted Willis |
| Story by | Keith Campbell |
| 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 |
Release date | May 1949 |
Running time | 89 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £113,000 (by 1953)[1] |
The Huggetts Abroad is a 1949 British film starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was the final film of The Huggetts. The film was less commercially successful than its predecessors[citation needed]. A sequel, Christmas with the Huggetts, was planned but never made[citation needed].
Plot
After Joe Huggett loses his job, the family decide to emigrate to South Africa, travelling via a land route that takes them across Africa. On their journey they become entangled with a diamond smuggler.
Cast
- Jack Warner as Joe Huggett
- Kathleen Harrison as Ethel Huggett
- Susan Shaw as Susan Huggett
- Petula Clark as Pet Huggett
- Dinah Sheridan as Jane Huggett
- Hugh McDermott as Bob McCoy
- Jimmy Hanley as Jimmy Gardner
- Peter Hammond as Peter Hawtrey
- John Blythe as Gowan
- Amy Veness as Grandma Huggett
- Peter Illing as Algerian Detective
- Frith Banbury as French Doctor
- Olaf Pooley as Straker
- Esma Cannon as Brown Owl
- Sheila Raynor as Woman with Straker
Production
Jane Hylton was ill so her part was played by Dinah Sheridan. She was then married to Jimmy Hanley.[2]
References
- ^ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
- ^ Barred the course Author: Ian Coster Date: Monday, Oct. 11, 1948 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 16352 p 3
External links
- The Huggetts Abroad at IMDb
- The Huggetts Abroad at BFI
- The Huggets Abroad at Letterbox DVD
- The Huggetts Abroad at TCMDB
- Complete film at Internet Archive
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