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Drama

London Belongs to Me

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Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

Release Date : 1948-11-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Individual PicturesJ. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Dulcimer Street

Cast

Richard Attenborough

Character Name : Percy Boon

Original Name : Richard Attenborough

Gender : Male

Alastair Sim

Character Name : Mr. Squales

Original Name : Alastair Sim

Gender : Male

Fay Compton

Character Name : Mrs. Josser

Original Name : Fay Compton

Gender : Female

Stephen Murray

Character Name : Uncle Henry

Original Name : Stephen Murray

Gender : Male

Wylie Watson

Character Name : Mr. Josser

Original Name : Wylie Watson

Gender : Male

Susan Shaw

Character Name : Doris Josser

Original Name : Susan Shaw

Gender : Female

Hugh Griffith

Character Name : Headlam Fynne

Original Name : Hugh Griffith

Gender : Male

Joyce Carey

Character Name : Mrs Vizzard

Original Name : Joyce Carey

Gender : Female

Ivy St. Helier

Character Name : Connie Coke

Original Name : Ivy St. Helier

Gender : Female

Andrew Crawford

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Andrew Crawford

Gender : Male

Eleanor Summerfield

Character Name : The Blonde

Original Name : Eleanor Summerfield

Gender : Female

Jack McNaughton

Character Name : Jimmy

Original Name : Jack McNaughton

Gender : Male

Maurice Denham

Character Name : Jack Rufus

Original Name : Maurice Denham

Gender : Male

Aubrey Dexter

Character Name : Mr Battlebury

Original Name : Aubrey Dexter

Gender : Male

Henry Hewitt

Character Name : Verriter

Original Name : Henry Hewitt

Gender : Male

Arthur Howard

Character Name : Mr Chinkwell

Original Name : Arthur Howard

Gender : Male

Fabia Drake

Character Name : Mrs Jan Byl

Original Name : Fabia Drake

Gender : Female

Sydney Tafler

Character Name : Night Club Receptionist

Original Name : Sydney Tafler

Gender : Male

Henry Edwards

Character Name : Police Superintendant

Original Name : Henry Edwards

Gender : Male

George Cross

Character Name : Inspector Cartwright

Original Name : George Cross

Gender : Male

Cyril Chamberlain

Character Name : Det Sgt Wilson

Original Name : Cyril Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Edward Evans

Character Name : Det Sgt Taylor

Original Name : Edward Evans

Gender : Male

John Salew

Character Name : Mr Banks

Original Name : John Salew

Gender : Male

Russell Waters

Character Name : Clerk of the Court

Original Name : Russell Waters

Gender : Male

Cecil Trouncer

Character Name : Mr Henry Wassall KC

Original Name : Cecil Trouncer

Gender : Male

Kenneth Downey

Character Name : Mr Veezey Blaize KC

Original Name : Kenneth Downey

Gender : Male

Ivor Barnard

Character Name : Mr Justice Plymme

Original Name : Ivor Barnard

Gender : Male

Basil Cunard

Character Name : Foreman of the Jury

Original Name : Basil Cunard

Gender : Male

Wensley Pithey

Character Name : 1st Warden

Original Name : Wensley Pithey

Gender : Male

Manville Tarrant

Character Name : 2nd Warden

Original Name : Manville Tarrant

Gender : Male

Arthur Lowe

Character Name : Commuter on Train (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Lowe

Gender : Male

Ewen Solon

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Ewen Solon

Gender : Male

Jack May

Character Name : Bystander (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack May

Gender : Male

Reg Thomason

Character Name : Bystander (uncredited)

Original Name : Reg Thomason

Gender : Male

Myrette Morven

Character Name : Female Employee (uncredited)

Original Name : Myrette Morven

Gender : Female

Ewan Roberts

Character Name : 1st Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ewan Roberts

Gender : Male

Stanley Beard

Character Name : 2nd Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Stanley Beard

Gender : Male

Leo Genn

Character Name : Narrator (uncredited)

Original Name : Leo Genn

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

Richard Attenborough leads a somewhat disjointed cast in this rather lengthy drama. He is "Percy", a rather impressionable young man who lives with his beloved mother (Gladys Henson) in a boarding house amidst a host of interesting lodgers. Sadly for him, he is soon mixed up with the wrong sort - some small time hoodlums - and becomes a murder suspect. I suppose the house to be a metaphor for the broader United Kingdom following the end of WWII - a collection of the aspirational, the optimistic, and the resigned - but there are too many characters for us to keep tabs on, and though the efforts from Alastair Sim as the Dickensianly titled "Mr. Squales"; Stephen Murray, the lovely Fay Compton ("Mrs. Josser") and a superb series of scenes, rather late in the day, from Hugh Griffith all stand up fine on their own, the film as a combination piece is pretty much all over the place. Attenborough tries hard, and at times he does fire on all cylinders, but he isn't quite good enough to pull all the strands together, nor is the Sidney Gilliat direction/screenplay, so it can come across as just a little too much of an episodic compendium of loosely connected stories rather than a cohesive feature. Still, it does provide us with quite an interesting observation of post war London and of a way of communal life now (mercifully) long gone for most of us.