The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
65 audience votes
Key crew
- David LeanDirector
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
- Muir MathiesonOriginal Music Composer
- Ronald NeameScreenplay
- David LeanScreenplay
- Anthony Havelock-AllanScreenplay
Cast
- Robert NewtonFrank Gibbons
- Celia JohnsonEthel Gibbons
- Amy VenessMrs. Flint
- Alison LeggattAunt Sylvia
- Stanley HollowayBob Mitchell
- John MillsBilly Mitchell
- Kay WalshQueenie Gibbons
- Eileen ErskineVi Gibbons
- John BlytheReg Gibbons
- Guy VerneySam Leadbitter
- Betty FleetwoodPhyllis Blake
- Merle TottenhamEdie
Stills
Themes
london, englandstrikewar veterancafetwinsfamilygas maskmanicuristelopement1920s1930ssuburban