The Briggs Family
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The Briggs Family is a 1940 British drama film
directed by Herbert Mason
and starring Edward Chapman
, Felix Aylmer
, Jane Baxter
, Oliver Wakefield
and Austin Trevor
. During the Second World War, a special constable
and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Herbert Mason
Herbert Mason
-Director:* The First Offence * His Lordship * East Meets West * Take My Tip * Strange Boarders * The Silent Battle * A Window in London * Dr. O'Dowd...
and starring Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman (actor)
Edward Chapman was an English actor who starred in many films and television programmes, but is chiefly remembered as "Mr. Wilfred Grimsdale", the officious superior and comic foil to Norman Wisdom's character of Pitkin in many of his films from the late 1950s and 1960s.Chapman was born in...
, Felix Aylmer
Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television.-Early life and career:...
, Jane Baxter
Jane Baxter
Jane Baxter was a British actress. Her stage career spanned half a century, and she appeared in a number of films and in television.-Early life:...
, Oliver Wakefield
Oliver Wakefield
Oliver Wakefield , known as "The Voice of Inexperience" was a popular British actor and comedian active from the 1930s until his death in 1956 known for his idiosyncratic satirical monologues.Wakefield was educated in South Africa, then travelled to England, where he began acting with a Shakespearean...
and Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor was a Belfast born actor who had a long career in British films and television.He was the first actor to play Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot on screen in three British films during the early 1930s: Alibi , Black Coffee and Lord Edgware Dies...
. During the Second World War, a special constable
Special constable
A Special Constable is a law enforcement officer who is not a regular member of a police force. Some like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carry the same law enforcement powers as regular members, but are employed in specific roles, such as explosive disposal technicians, court security, campus...
and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car.