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Director
  
John Baxter

Genre
  
Comedy

7.2/10
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Initial release
  
August 10, 1942

Running time
  
1h 45m

Let the People Sing (film) movie poster

Writer
  
John Baxter, Barbara K. Emary, Geoffrey Orme, J.B. Priestley (novel)

Cast
  
Alastair Sim
(Professor Ernst Kronak),
Fred Emney
(Sir George Denberry-Baxter),
Edward Rigby
(Timmy Tiverton),
Oliver Wakefield
(Sir Reginald Foxfield),
Patricia Roc
(Hope Ollerton),
Annie Esmond
(Lady Foxfield)

Similar movies
  
Father Came Too! (1964), A Fire Has Been Arranged, Alfs Button Afloat (1938), Curtain Up (1952), Ramsbottom Rides Again (1955)

Let the People Sing is a 1942 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Alastair Sim, Fred Emney and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a small town that bands together to try to save their music hall from closure. It was based on the novel Let the People Sing by J. B. Priestley.

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The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at Elstree Studios.

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Main cast

  • Alastair Sim as Professor Ernst Kronak
  • Fred Emney as Sir George Denberry-Baxter
  • Edward Rigby as Timmy Tiverton
  • Oliver Wakefield as Sir Reginald Foxfield
  • Patricia Roc as Hope Ollerton
  • Annie Esmond as Lady Foxfield
  • Marian Spencer as Lady Shepshod
  • Olive Sloane as Daisy Barley
  • Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Mitterley
  • Gus McNaughton as Ketley
  • Charles Hawtrey as Young Orton
  • Peter Gawthorne as Major Shiptonthorpe
  • Aubrey Mallalieu as Commander Spofforth
  • G.H. Mulcaster as Inspector
  • Wally Patch as Sam
  • Horace Kenney as Walter Shepton
  • Morris Harvey as Jim Flagg
  • Ida Barr as Katie
  • Spencer Trevor as Colonel Hazelhead
  • Robert Atkins as Hassock
  • Diana Beaumont as Secretary
  • Syd Crossley as Uncle Alfred
  • A. Bromley Davenport as Agent
  • Charles Doe as Mayor
  • Alexander Field as Packles Junior
  • Ian Fleming as United Plastics barrister
  • Richard George as Tom Largs
  • Leopold Glasspoole as Pelham
  • Michael Martin Harvey as Handover
  • W.T. Holland
  • David Keir as Mr. Finningley
  • Henry B. Longhurst
  • Eliot Makeham as Town clerk
  • George Merritt as Police Sergeant
  • Mignon O'Doherty as Dr. Buckley
  • Stan Paskin as Attendant
  • Maurice Rhodes
  • Alan Tomkins
  • Peter Ustinov as Dr. Bentika
  • Sam Wilkinson

    • References

    Let the People Sing (film) Wikipedia
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    Let the People Sing (film) IMDb Let the People Sing (film) themoviedb.org