Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.
Jack Warner
as Joe Huggett
Kathleen Harrison
as Ethel Huggett
Dinah Sheridan
as Jane Huggett
Susan Shaw
as Susan Huggett
Petula Clark
as Pet Huggett
Jimmy Hanley
as Jimmy Gardner
Peter Hammond
as Peter Hawtrey
Hugh McDermott
as Bob McCoy
Amy Veness
as Grandma Huggett
John Blythe
as Gowan
CinemaSerf
Easily the most far-fetched outing for our stoical post-war British family, this one sees them embark on a trans-African trip after "Father" (Jack Warner) loses his job and "Jimmy" (Jimmy Hanley) manages to get himself one - in Johannesburg. Needless to say, they haven't two farthings to rub togethe...