The Common Touch
1941The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
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Geoffrey Hibbert
as Peter Henderson
Harry Welchman
as Lincolns Inn
Greta Gynt
as Sylvia Meadows
Joyce Howard
as Mary
Edward Rigby
as 'Tich'
Bransby Williams
as Ben
George Carney
as Charlie
Eliot Makeham
as Inky
Mark Hambourg
as 'Chopin'
Paul Martin
as Chris
Raymond Lovell
as Cartwright
John Longden
as Stuart Gordon
Wally Patch
as 'Nobby'
Edgar Driver
as 'Oily'
Bernard Miles
as Cricket Steward
Scott Sanders
as Pat
Ian Maclaren
as Harmonica Player
Jerry Verno
as Office Messenger
Charles Carson
as Haywood
Ben Williams
as Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match
John Slater
as Joe
Bill Fraser
as Harris
John Turnbull
as Father at School Cricket Match
Marian Spencer
as Mother at School Cricket Match
Grant Tyler
as Son at School Cricket Match
Dennis Wyndham
as Commissionaire
Hector Abbas
as Foreigner
Cyril Chamberlain
as Jenkins
Rowland Douglas
as Manservant
Edwin Ellis
as Shorty
Carroll Gibbons
as Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader
Arthur Hambling
as Pettit
Elizabeth Hunt
as Annie
Vi Kaley
as 2nd Servant At Window
Margaret Lang
as Miss Wayne
Eric Lugg
as Winstanley
Sandy Macpherson
as Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist
Arthur Maude
as Martin
Gerald Moore
as Baker Boy
Charles Rolfe
as Detective Inspector
Harry Terry
as Bill
Iris Vandeleur
as Alice
Percy Walsh
as McFarlane
Freddie Watts
as Chauffeur
Otto Friese
as Club Patron
Jack May
as Workman