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The Huggetts Abroad

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.

Top Cast

  • Jack Warner

    Jack Warner

    Joe Huggett

  • Kathleen Harrison

    Kathleen Harrison

    Ethel Huggett

  • Dinah Sheridan

    Dinah Sheridan

    Jane Huggett

  • Susan Shaw

    Susan Shaw

    Susan Huggett

  • Petula Clark

    Petula Clark

    Pet Huggett

  • Jimmy Hanley

    Jimmy Hanley

    Jimmy Gardner

  • Peter Hammond

    Peter Hammond

    Peter Hawtrey

  • Hugh McDermott

    Hugh McDermott

    Bob McCoy

  • Amy Veness

    Amy Veness

    Grandma Huggett

Overview

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.

Rating

6.8 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jul 9, 2022

    Easily the most far-fetched outing for our stoical post-war British family, this one sees them embark on a trans-African trip after "Father" (Jack Warner) loses his job and "Jimmy" (Jimmy Hanley) manages to get himself one - in Johannesburg. Needless to say, they haven't two farthings to rub together, and when poor old daughter "Jane" (Dinah Sheridan) can't get a visa to accompany her husband the whole family (with varying degrees of willingness) decide to decamp - by truck - and drive the 4,000-odd miles. Luckily (or not) they have the slightly iffy character of "Bob" (Hugh McDermott) to help (?) them so off they go. It's preposterous, from start to finish - even if back then, Britain still controlled great chunks of Africa. The comedy is absurd and the normally reliable leadership of Warner and on-screen wife Kathleen Harrison is subsumed into an almost episodic lesson in rather poorly written and executed slapstick. The charm and cheeriness of these films was always their selling point. This has neither, really, and at 90 minutes is far too long, too.

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