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Comedy

Holiday Camp

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The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.

Release Date : 1947-08-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gainsborough PicturesJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Flora Robson

Character Name : Esther Harman

Original Name : Flora Robson

Gender : Female

Dennis Price

Character Name : Sq. Ldr. Hardwick

Original Name : Dennis Price

Gender : Male

Jack Warner

Character Name : Joe Huggett

Original Name : Jack Warner

Gender : Male

Kathleen Harrison

Character Name : Mrs. Ethel Huggett

Original Name : Kathleen Harrison

Gender : Female

Hazel Court

Character Name : Joan Huggett

Original Name : Hazel Court

Gender : Female

Yvonne Owen

Character Name : Angela Kirby

Original Name : Yvonne Owen

Gender : Female

Esmond Knight

Character Name : Camp Announcer

Original Name : Esmond Knight

Gender : Male

Jimmy Hanley

Character Name : Jimmy Gardner

Original Name : Jimmy Hanley

Gender : Male

Peter Hammond

Character Name : Harry Huggett

Original Name : Peter Hammond

Gender : Male

Esma Cannon

Character Name : Elsie Dawson

Original Name : Esma Cannon

Gender : Female

John Blythe

Character Name : Steve

Original Name : John Blythe

Gender : Male

Jeannette Tregarthen

Character Name : Valerie Thompson

Original Name : Jeannette Tregarthen

Gender : Male

Beatrice Varley

Character Name : Valerie's Aunt

Original Name : Beatrice Varley

Gender : Female

Dennis Harkin

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Dennis Harkin

Gender : Male

Susan Shaw

Character Name : Patsy Crawford

Original Name : Susan Shaw

Gender : Female

Maurice Denham

Character Name : Camp Doctor

Original Name : Maurice Denham

Gender : Male

Jane Hylton

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Jane Hylton

Gender : Female

Pamele Bramah

Character Name : Beauty Queen

Original Name : Pamele Bramah

Gender : Male

Jack Raine

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Jack Raine

Gender : Male

Reginald Purdell

Character Name : Redcoat

Original Name : Reginald Purdell

Gender : Male

Alfie Bass

Character Name : Redcoat

Original Name : Alfie Bass

Gender : Male

Phil Fowler

Character Name : Redcoat

Original Name : Phil Fowler

Gender : Male

John Stone

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : John Stone

Gender : Male

Emrys Jones

Character Name : Michael Halliday

Original Name : Emrys Jones

Gender : Male

Patricia Roc

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Patricia Roc

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

I can safely say that I have never been to an holiday camp - the BBC series "Hi-Di-HI" that ran in the UK in the 1980s always made sure that never happened. By then, though, we had international travel at our fingertips. In the late 1940s, people were still having their food rationed let alone being able to hop on a flight to Florida or Fuerteventura. The "Huggetts" - led by Jack Warner and the indomitable Kathleen Harrison take their family to one such camp for, ostensibly, a nice rest. Ha, well good luck with that - before long they are involved in dodgy card games, and absconded pair of expectant teenagers and a fleeing murderer. (You wonder why i never fancied such places?) The Huggetts were a famous cinema family in the 1940s, their decency and family values imbued well by the strong, likeable cast. Usually their efforts were all augmented by some guest stars - and here, with the rather lonely figure of Flora Robson and the distinctly caddish Dennis Price, is no different. It resonates now, as ever, because it is about ordinary people - not wealthy or profligate, just folks trying to keep their lives afloat after the war and there is plenty of pithy, quick witted comedy that, though dated and a little too stereotyped for 60 years on, is still enjoyable to watch.