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This warm-hearted comedy, set in Bolton and written by Bill Naughton, stars James Mason as the strict but kindly patriarch who finds his carefully-orchestrated family life falling apart after his daughter refuses to eat herring.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1970) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

James Mason	.... Rafe Crompton
Susan George	.... Hilda Crompton
Diana Coupland	.... Daisy Crompton
Hannah Gordon	.... Florence Crompton
Rodney Bewes	.... Harold Crompton
Len Jones	.... Wilfred Crompton

Supporting Cast:

Keith Buckley	.... Arthur Gasket
Avril Elgar	.... Betsy Jane Duckworth
Frank Windsor	.... Ned Duckworth
Adrienne Posta	.... Betty Duckworth
Bernard Smidowicz	.... Horsefall Trott
Christopher Timothy	.... Joe
Joseph Greig	.... Allan
Marjorie Rhodes	.... Mrs. Gasket
Ken Parry	.... Pawnbroker

Directors:

Peter Hammond

Writers:

Bill Naughton