Just William's Luck (film)
Encyclopedia
Just William's Luck is a 1947 British
comedy film
directed by Val Guest
and starring William Graham
, Garry Marsh
and Jane Welsh
. The film was based on the Just William
series of books by Richmal Crompton
. Crompton was impressed with the film and wrote a novel Just William's Luck
based on the events of the film. The following year a second film William Comes to Town
was made.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Val Guest
Val Guest
Val Guest was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s.-Early life and career:He was born Valmond Maurice...
and starring William Graham
William Graham
William Graham may refer to:In politics and government:* Sir William de Graham, 12th century Scottish knight* William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose , Scottish nobleman* William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose , Scottish nobleman...
, Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh was a British film actor. Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.-Filmography:* Long Odds...
and Jane Welsh
Jane Welsh
-Selected filmography:* The Bells * The Missing Rembrandt * Whispering Tongues * Little Dolly Daydream * Bell-Bottom George * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town...
. The film was based on the Just William
Just William series
The William Brown series, better known as the Just William series, is a series of thirty nine books written by English author Richmal Crompton...
series of books by Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton Lamburn was a British writer, most famous for her Just William humorous short stories and books.-Life:...
. Crompton was impressed with the film and wrote a novel Just William's Luck
Just William's Luck
This page is about the novel. For the film see Just William's Luck .Just William's Luck was a novel in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It was the only novel in the series, the rest being books of short stories...
based on the events of the film. The following year a second film William Comes to Town
William Comes to Town
William Comes to Town is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring William Graham and Garry Marsh. It was based on the Just William series of novels by Richmal Crompton. It served as a loose sequel to 1947 film Just William's Luck. It is also known by the alternative title...
was made.
Cast
- William GrahamWilliam GrahamWilliam Graham may refer to:In politics and government:* Sir William de Graham, 12th century Scottish knight* William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose , Scottish nobleman* William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose , Scottish nobleman...
- William Brown - Garry MarshGarry MarshGarry Marsh was a British film actor. Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.-Filmography:* Long Odds...
- Mr. Brown - Jane WelshJane Welsh-Selected filmography:* The Bells * The Missing Rembrandt * Whispering Tongues * Little Dolly Daydream * Bell-Bottom George * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town...
- Mrs. Brown - Hugh CrossHugh Cross-Selected filmography:* Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town * Warning to Wantons * Seven Days to Noon * Svengali * The Court Martial of Major Keller...
- Robert Brown - Kathleen Stuart - Ethel Brown
- Leslie BradleyLeslie Bradley-Selected filmography:* The Way of Youth * Holiday's End * Atlantic Ferry * The Young Mr. Pitt * Time Flies * Candlelight in Algeria * Slaves of Babylon * The Iron Glove...
- The Boss - A.E. Matthews - The Tramp
- Muriel AkedMuriel AkedMuriel Aked was a British film actress. She was a student at Liverpool Repertory Theatre for six months but left to do war work. She made her screen debut in 1920 in A Sister to Assist 'Er...
- Emily, the Maid - Brian Roper - Ginger
- Brian WeskeBrian Weske-Selected filmography:* Medal for the General * Quiet Weekend * Fame is the Spur * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town * Brandy for the Parson * Jazz Boat * On the Fiddle...
- Henry - Audrey Manning - Violet Elizabeth
- Hy HazellHy HazellHy Hazell was a British film actress. She was born as Hyacinth Hazel O'Higgins.-Selected filmography:* Meet Me at Dawn * Paper Orchid * The Lady Craved Excitement...
- Gloria Gail - Patricia CuttsPatricia CuttsPatricia Cutts was an English film and television actress.-Biography:Born in London, Cutts was the daughter of the writer-director Graham Cutts. Her first roles were small parts in American films such as I Was a Male War Bride and The Man Who Loved Redheads and the television shows Alfred...
- Gloria's Secretary - James Crabbe - Douglas
- Michael BalfourMichael BalfourMichael Leonard Graham Balfour CBE was an English historian and civil servant....
- Jenks - Ivan Hyde - Glazier
- Joan HicksonJoan HicksonJoan Hickson OBE was an English actress of theatre, film and television, famed for playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple.- Wivenhoe :...
- Hubert's Mother - John Powe - Policeman
- Anne Marie - Masseur
- Leslie Hazell - Hubert's Gang
- Peter DavisPeter DavisPeter Davis may refer to:*Sir Peter Davis , British businessman*Peter Davis , American news writer and documentary filmmaker*Peter Davis , professor of sociology and husband of former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark...
- Hubert's Gang - John O'HaraJohn O'HaraJohn Henry O'Hara was an American writer. He initially became known for his short stories and later became a best-selling novelist whose works include Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8. He was particularly known for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue...
- Hubert's Gang - Michael Medwin - The Boss's Gang
- John Martell - Johnnie
- Ivan CraigIvan CraigIvan Craig was a British actor, the son of Dr. Eric S. Craig and Dorothy Gertrude Meldrum.From 1940 to 1945 he was married to Lillian Davies, later Princess Lilian of Sweden....
- The Boss's Gang