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Director
  
Herbert Mason

Music director
  
Bretton Byrd

Language
  
English

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

Writer
  
Brock Williams
,
John Dighton

Release date
  
September 7, 1940 (1940-09-07) (United Kingdom)

Initial release
  
September 7, 1940 (United Kingdom)

Screenplay
  
John Dighton, Brock Williams

Cast
  
Edward Chapman
(Charley Briggs),
Jane Baxter
(Sylvia Briggs),
Oliver Wakefield
(Ronnie Perch),
Felix Aylmer
(Mr Sand),
Austin Trevor
(John Smith)

Similar movies
  
Cardboard Cavalier (1949), The Brass Monkey (1948), Hollywood Vice Squad (1986), A Fire Has Been Arranged, Roman Holiday (1953)

The Briggs Family is a 1940 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car.

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Cast

  • Edward Chapman as Charley Briggs
  • Jane Baxter as Sylvia Briggs
  • Oliver Wakefield as Ronnie Perch
  • Austin Trevor as John Smith
  • Mary Clare as Mrs Briggs
  • Peter Croft as Bob Briggs
  • Glynis Johns as Shelia Briggs
  • Lesley Brook as Alice
  • Felix Aylmer as Mr Sand
  • Jack Melford as Jerry Tulse
  • George Carney as George Downing
  • Muriel George as Mrs Brokenshaw
  • Aubrey Mallalieu as Milward
  • Esma Cannon as Myrtle
  • Joss Ambler as Prosecutor
  • Kitty de Legh as Mary Grayson
  • Ian Fleming as Air Vice Marshal
  • Vincent Holman as Inspector
  • Hamilton Keene as Detective Sergeant Harper
  • Pat McGrath as Herbert Lane
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White as Man with Moustache at party (uncredited)

    • Sequels

    Due to the criticism of the characters not being true to life plans to make further sequels and a series of 'Briggs' films were dropped.

    References

    The Briggs Family Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Briggs Family IMDb