It's Hard to Be Good
| It's Hard to Be Good | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jeffrey Dell |
| Written by | Jeffrey Dell |
| Produced by | John W. Gossage |
| Starring | Jimmy Hanley Anne Crawford Raymond Huntley |
| Cinematography | Laurie Friedman |
| Edited by | Helga Cranston |
| Music by | Antony Hopkins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | 10 November 1948 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It's Hard to Be Good is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Jeffrey Dell and starring Jimmy Hanley, Anne Crawford and Raymond Huntley.[1] In the film, an ex-army officer and do-gooder finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.[2]
It was shot at Denham Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.
Cast
- Anne Crawford as Mary Leighton
- Jimmy Hanley as Captain James Gladstone Wedge VC
- Raymond Huntley as Williams
- Edward Rigby as Parkinson
- Elwyn Brook-Jones as Budibent
- Joyce Carey as Alice Beckett
- Geoffrey Keen as Sergeant Todd
- Lana Morris as Daphne
- David Horne as Edward Beckett
- Muriel Aked as Ellen Beckett
- Cyril Smith as Fred Hobson
- Leslie Weston as Buck
- Alison Leggatt as Mrs Buck
- Robert Adair as Committee Man
- Francis De Wolff as Fighting Neighbour
- Judith Furse as Sister Taylor
- Colin Gordon as Neighbour with Baby
- Joan Hickson as Mending Woman
- Sam Kydd as Husband
- Leslie Perrins as Major Gordon
- Wensley Pithey as Vicar
- Walter Rilla as Kamerovsky
- John Salew as Committee Man
- Marianne Stone as Clerk in Newspaper Office
- Merle Tottenham as Mrs. Hobson
- Ian Wilson as Fighting Neighbour
References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38012
- ^ Gillett p.23
Bibliography
- Gillett, Philip. Forgotten British Film: Value and the Ephemeral in Postwar Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
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