The Good Companions
JOY! MUSIC! MIRTH! "WORTHY OF THE HONOUR of being the first talking picture seen in public by the King and Queen."
1933 · 1h 53m · N/A
Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Victor Saville
Overview
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
Director and cast
- Victor Saville Director
- Jessie Matthews as Susie Dean
- Edmund Gwenn as Jess Oakroyd
- John Gielgud as Inigo Jollifant
- Mary Glynne as Miss Elizabeth Trant
- Percy Parsons as Morton Mitcham
- D.A. Clarke-Smith as Ridvers
- Florence Gregson as Mrs. Oakroyd
- Frank Pettingell as Sam Oglethorpe
- Alex Frazer as Dr. Macfarlane
- Finlay Currie as Monte Mortimer
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