Here Come the Huggetts

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.

Cast

Jack Warner

as Joe Huggett

Kathleen Harrison

as Ethel Huggett

Jane Hylton

as Jane Huggett

Susan Shaw

as Susan Huggett

Petula Clark

as Pet Huggett

Jimmy Hanley

as Jimmy Gardner

David Tomlinson

as Harold Hinchley

Diana Dors

as Diana Hopkins

Peter Hammond

as Peter Hawtrey

John Blythe

as Tony Gowan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

OK, so it's maybe a bit on the long side this film, but I always enjoyed the on-screen dynamic between Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison as "Joe" and "Ethel" as they take us through some fairly monumental family moments in the lives of their family. Though it wasn't in 1948, I do remember when we fi...

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