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George in Civvy Street (Original title)Remember the Unicorn (Alternative title)
Date: 17 June 1946 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Marcel Varnel

Synopsis: Comedy concerning rivalry for business and for the love of a girl between the managers of two village pubs.

Genres:
Comedy, Musical

Subjects:
Aftermath of war, World War II, Pubs, Villages
Releases
Date: 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 79 mins Length: 7969 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (32)
Production Company: Columbia (British) Productions, Produced by: Marcel Varnel, Associate Producer: Ben Henry, Unit Manager: Tom Payne, Assistant Director: Alf Keating, Continuity: Peggy Singer, Screen Play by: Howard Irving Young, Peter Fraser, With [Script] Contributions by: Ted Kavanagh Associated, With [Script] Contributions by: Gale Pedrick, Max Kester, From an original story by: Howard Irving Young, Photography: Phil Grindrod, Camera Work: Dudley Lovell, Film Editor: Douglas Robertson, Film Cutter: Jules Zampi, Art Director: George Provis, Dress Designs: Dorothy Broomham, Make-up: George Claff, Hair Styles: Nora Bentley, Vocal Numbers [by]: Fred E. Cliffe, Vocal Numbers [by]: George Formby, Vocal Numbers [by]: Wallace Towers, Vocal Numbers [by]: Ian Cunningham, Vocal Numbers [by]: Michael Carr, Vocal Numbers [by]: Jimmy Kennedy, Fred Sandford, Music Director: Harry Bidgood, Sound Supervisor: B.C. Sewell, [Sound] Recordist: Sid Wiles, Made at: Gainsborough Studios
Cast (18)
George Formby (George Harper), Ronald Shiner ("Fingers"), Rosalyn Boulter (Mary Colton), Ian Fleming (Shadrack Owen (Uncle Shad)), Wally Patch (Archibald Sprout), Philippa Hiatt ("Lavender"), Enid Cruickshank (Miss Gummidge), Robert Ginns (Crabtree), Mike Johnson ("Toby"), Frank Drew ("Jed" Brindle), Daphne Elphinstone (Mitzi Montrose), Moore Raymond, Johnny Claes and his Band (band), Rita Varian (Mrs. Brindle), John E. Coyle, Roddy Hughes, Lynn Evans, Ronnie Scott ([band member])