Those People Next Door

Date: 1953
Director: John Harlow
Production Company: Mancunian Film Corporation

Stars: Jack Warner, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes, Gladys Henson, Patricia Cutts, Anthony Newley, Norah Gaussen
Location(s): Lancashire (Studio)

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Storyline:

As war rages, a working-class family has to endure imposing neighbours and a snub from the titled parents of a Flight Lieutenant who object to their son being involved with their daughter.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Who can fail to look back with pride on those days when everyone shared in the common struggle, each serving his fellow men to his utmost . . . .

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Pushing her neighbour’s open door, Emma Higgins (Gladys Henson) enters to borrow a frying pan and soap from Mary Twigg.

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Emma looks around before entering the pub where she finds her husband Joe drinking and singing with Sam Twigg.

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Another night of destruction is attended to in the light of day.

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Driving up to Sir Andrew and Lady Stephen’s house, Flight Lieutenant Claude Kimberley (Geoffrey Sumner) brings news of their son Victor who was previously reported as missing.

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The Officer brings his car to a halt before entering the property where he finds Anne Twigg with Victor’s parents.

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After announcing that Victor is in hospital after crash landing his plane, Flight Lieutenant Kimberley takes Anne Twigg (Patricia Cutts) home.