Quiet Weekend
The film of the play that beat the Blitz!
1946 · 1h 30m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Harold French
Overview
Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
Director and cast
- Harold French Director
- Derek Farr as Denys Royd
- Frank Cellier as Adrian Barrasford
- Marjorie Fielding as Mildred Royd
- George Thorpe as Arthur Royd
- Barbara White as Miranda Bute
- Helen Shingler as Rowena Hyde
- Edward Rigby as Sam Pecker
- Josephine Wilson as Mary Jarrow
- Gwynne Whitby as Marcia Brent
- Ballard Berkeley as Jim Brent
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