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London Belongs to Me (Original title)Dulcimer Street (Alternative title)
Date: 1948 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Sidney Gilliat

Synopsis: Comedy drama. A collection of people living in a boarding house in South London. One of them is arrested for murder and the others petition for his reprieve.

Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 112 mins Length: 10075 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (29)
Production Company: Individual Pictures, Production Company: Independent Producers, J. Arthur Rank Presents: The Rank Organisation, Producer: Frank Launder, Producer: Sidney Gilliat, Production Manager: Percy Hermes, Assistant Director: Geoffrey Lambert, Continuity: Paddy Arnold, Screen Play by: Sidney Gilliat, J.B. Williams, From the novel by: Norman Collins, Director of Photography: Wilkie Cooper, Cameraman: Ernie Steward, Film Editor: Thelma Myers, Art Director: Roy Oxley, Dress Designer: Beatrice Dawson, John Gudenian, Make-up: Jim Hyde, Hairdressing: Biddy Chrystal, Music by: Benjamin Frankel, [Music] Played by: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Recording: Jack Locke, [Chief Production Mixer]: John Dennis, [1st Assistant Dubbing Mixer]: Peter T. Davies, Dubbing: Gordon K. McCallum, Made at: Pinewood Studios, D&P Studios
Cast (58)
Richard Attenborough (Percy Boon), Alastair Sim (Henry Squales), Fay Compton (Mrs Josser), Stephen Murray (Uncle Henry Knockell), Wylie Watson (Fred Josser), Susan Shaw (Doris Josser), Joyce Carey (Mrs Vizzard), Ivy St. Helier (Connie Coke), Andrew Crawford (Bill), Hugh Griffith (Headlam Fynne), Eleanor Summerfield (Myrna Watson, the blonde), Gladys Henson (Mrs Boon), Maurice Denham (Jack Rufus), Ivor Barnard (Judge, Mr. Justice Plymme), Cecil Trouncer (Mr Henry Wassall K.C.), Arthur Howard (Mr. Chinkwell), John Salew (Mr. Barks), Cyril Chamberlain (Detective Sergeant Wilson), Aubrey Dexter (Mr Battlebury), Jack McNaughton (Jimmy), Henry Hewitt (Verriter), Fabia Drake (Mrs Jan Byl), Sidney Tafler (night club receptionist), Henry Edwards (police superintendent), George Cross (Inspector Cartwright), Edward Evans (Detective Sergeant Taylor), Russell Waters (clerk of the court), Kenneth Downey (Mr. Veezey Blaize K.C.), Basil Cunard (foreman of the jury), Wensley Pithey (1st warden), Manville Tarrant (2nd warden), Hatton Duprez ([Campbell]), Lionel Gross ([usher]), Michael Kent ([pathologist]), Alexis France ([Miss Bowker]), Myrette Morven ([female employee]), J.H. Roberts ([old gentleman]), Stanley Rose ([warder]), John Boxer ([warder, remand cell]), Owen Reynolds ([police sergeant]), D.A. Mehan ([doctor]), Susan Buret ([policewoman]), Frank Ling ([mechanic]), Alan Saynes ([clerk]), Frederick Knight ([newsboy]), Ewen Solon ([clerk]), Joe Clark ([police constable]), Leonard Morris ([taxi driver]), Ivy Collins ([1st woman]), Nellie Sheffield ([2nd woman]), Ewan Roberts ([1st policeman]), Stanley Beard ([2nd policeman]), Lala Lloyd ([sister]), Artie Ash ([drunk]), Paula Young ([Miss Sweeting]), Grace Allardyce ([schoolmistress]), Alexander Field ([newsvendor]), Elise Bernard ([woman at door])