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Badgers Green (1949 film)

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Duration
  

Director
  
John Irwin

Genre
  
Comedy

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Initial release
  
January 1949

Running time
  
1h 2m

Writer
  
William Fairchild, R.C. Sherriff (play)

Cast
  
Garry Marsh, Barbara Murray

Badger's Green is a 1949 British comedy film directed by John Irwin and starring Barbara Murray, Brian Nissen, Garry Marsh and Kynaston Reeves.

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It is based on the play Badger's Green by R.C. Sheriff, which had previously been turned into a 1934 film of the same title. It was shot at Highbury Studios and released as a second feature by the Rank Organisation, on the same bill as Eureka Stockade. The film's sets were designed by Don Russell.

Synopsis

A company plans a massive development in the quiet village of Badger's Green, angering the existing inhabitants. It is eventually agreed that the outcome of the dispute will be settled by a local cricket match.

Main cast

  • Barbara Murray as Jane Morton
  • Brian Nissen as Dickie Wetherby
  • Garry Marsh as Major Forrester
  • Kynaston Reeves as Doctor Wetherby
  • Laurence Naismith as Mr Butler
  • Mary Merrall as Mrs Wetherby
  • Clifford Buckton as Sergeant Foster
  • Stuart Latham as PC Percy
  • Lionel Murton as Albert
  • Jack McNaughton as Mr Twigg
  • Norman Pierce as Sam Rogers
  • Ethel Ramsey as Mrs Rogers
  • Patrick Troughton as Jim Carter

    • References

    Badger's Green (1949 film) Wikipedia
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    Badgers Green (1949 film) IMDb