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ComedyDramaRomance

Touch and Go

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When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia - but his problems are only just beginning.

Release Date : 1955-10-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ealing Studios

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Light Touch

Cast

Jack Hawkins

Character Name : Jim Fletcher

Original Name : Jack Hawkins

Gender : Male

Margaret Johnston

Character Name : Helen Fletcher

Original Name : Margaret Johnston

Gender : Female

June Thorburn

Character Name : Peggy Fletcher

Original Name : June Thorburn

Gender : Female

Roland Culver

Character Name : Reg Fairbright

Original Name : Roland Culver

Gender : Male

John Fraser

Character Name : Richard Kenyon

Original Name : John Fraser

Gender : Male

James Hayter

Character Name : Kimball

Original Name : James Hayter

Gender : Male

Alison Leggatt

Character Name : Alice Fairbright

Original Name : Alison Leggatt

Gender : Female

Margaret Halstan

Character Name : Mrs Pritchett

Original Name : Margaret Halstan

Gender : Male

Henry B. Longhurst

Character Name : Mr Pritchett

Original Name : Henry B. Longhurst

Gender : Male

Basil Dignam

Character Name : Stevens

Original Name : Basil Dignam

Gender : Male

Bessie Love

Character Name : Mrs Baxter

Original Name : Bessie Love

Gender : Female

Liz Fraser

Character Name : Girl on the Bridge

Original Name : Liz Fraser

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-14

Jack Hawkins is "Fletcher" who is tired of working at a furniture company which refuses to adopt his new designs. When he finally reaches the end of his creative tether, he, wife "Helen" (Margaret Leighton) and daughter "Peggy" (June Thorburn) decide to emigrate to Australia! All goes well enough, he quits his job and they start to plan, but soon the daughter falls for a young man, and "Helen" starts to get cold feet... It's a bit of a one-joke film, this, but Hawkins is on good form as was writer William Rose and director Michael Truman and the story moves along, quite wittily on occasion, at one heck of a pace towards an increasingly obvious conclusion. Certainly worth a watch.