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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.

Top Cast

  • Jack Hawkins

    Jack Hawkins

    Jim Fletcher

  • Margaret Johnston

    Margaret Johnston

    Helen Fletcher

  • June Thorburn

    June Thorburn

    Peggy Fletcher

  • Roland Culver

    Roland Culver

    Reg Fairbright

  • John Fraser

    John Fraser

    Richard Kenyon

  • James Hayter

    James Hayter

    Kimball

  • Alison Leggatt

    Alison Leggatt

    Alice Fairbright

  • Margaret Halstan

    Margaret Halstan

    Mrs Pritchett

  • Henry B. Longhurst

    Henry B. Longhurst

    Mr Pritchett

Overview

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.

Rating

6.6 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Nov 14, 2022

    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.

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