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The Good Companions

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5.8/10 • 4

1933-02-281h 53m

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JOY! MUSIC! MIRTH! "WORTHY OF THE HONOUR of being the first talking picture seen in public by the King and Queen."

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Directors
Victor Saville
Writters
Ian Dalrymple, Angus MacPhail

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  1. Jessie Matthews

    Jessie Matthews

    Susie Dean

  2. Edmund Gwenn

    Edmund Gwenn

    Jess Oakroyd

  3. John Gielgud

    John Gielgud

    Inigo Jollifant

  4. Mary Glynne

    Mary Glynne

    Miss Elizabeth Trant

  5. Percy Parsons

    Percy Parsons

    Morton Mitcham

  6. A.W. Baskcomb

    A.W. Baskcomb

    Jimmy Nunn

  7. Florence Gregson

    Florence Gregson

    Mrs. Oakroyd

  8. Frank Pettingell

    Frank Pettingell

    Sam Oglethorpe

  9. Laurence Hanray

    Laurence Hanray

    Mr. James Tarvin

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CinemaSerf

Mar 14, 2024

7/10

There's actually something really quite plausible about this film. It all centres around people who are restless. Unsettled. They need a change in their lives, so leave homes and families and set off on a pilgrimage. For what? Well they don't really know - it's going to be what ever fate throws at them. As we encounter the characters, there's a sense that this might be quite a lively adventure. Edmund Gwenn ("Jess") is from Yorkshire whom you might not expect to gel well with the prim and proper "Jollifant" (John Gielgud). You might expect neither to get on with the lively, but green, "Susie" (Jessie Matthews) but thrive they do. Based on JB Priestley's 1929 novel, this film has a certain feel good factor to it. That not long after the national recovery from the atrocities of the Great War this was probably a tonic that was much needed. It also demonstrates nicely the variety of talents at the the disposal of the likes of Gwenn and Gielgud whom, along with Matthews, can hold a tune well enough as their "Dinky Doos" prove that teamwork and pulling together are usually the most effective way to success - or, at least, to survival! There's plenty of situation humour here and the characters have a little bit of everyone in them - some of that good, some not so. At times it's a bit random, but that does it no harm - it keeps it from becoming a predictable drama, and that's what makes it that bit more entertaining.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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