Overview

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.

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Cast

Richard Attenborough

Percy Boon

Alastair Sim

Mr. Squales

Fay Compton

Mrs. Josser

Stephen Murray

Uncle Henry

Wylie Watson

Mr. Josser

Susan Shaw

Doris Josser

Hugh Griffith

Headlam Fynne

Joyce Carey

Mrs Vizzard

Andrew Crawford

Bill

Eleanor Summerfield

The Blonde

Jack McNaughton

Jimmy

Maurice Denham

Jack Rufus