William Comes to Town
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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
William Goes to the Circus'.
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 and 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...
. It was based on the Just William series
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...
of novels by Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton Lamburn was a British writer, most famous for her Just William humorous short stories and books.-Life:...
. It served as a loose sequel to 1947 film Just William's Luck
Just William's Luck (film)
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...
. It is also known by the alternative title
Alternative title
An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes...
William Goes to the Circus'.
Cast
- William Graham - 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
- 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 - A.E. Matthews - Minister for Economic Affairs
- 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 - James Crabbe - Douglas
- Brian Roper - Ginger
- Michael BalfourMichael BalfourMichael Leonard Graham Balfour CBE was an English historian and civil servant....
- Stall-holder - Michael Medwin - Reporter
- Jon PertweeJon PertweeJohn Devon Roland Pertwee , was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge...
- Circus Superintendent - David PageDavid PageDavid C. Page, MD, is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the director of the Whitehead Institute, where he has a laboratory devoted to the study of the Y-chromosome. His lab mapped the human Y chromosome in 1992. In 2003, his research group sequenced the human...
- Hubert Lane (as David Paige) - Norman PierceNorman PierceNorman Pierce was a British actor, born in Southport, Lancashire.-Selected filmography:* Everything Is Thunder * This Green Hell * Saloon Bar * Uncensored * Front Line Kids...
- Police Sergeant - Eve Mortimer - Postmistress
- John Powe - Glazier
- Mary Vallange - Maid
- Peter ButterworthPeter ButterworthPeter William Shorrocks Butterworth was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the Carry On series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio and appeared in seven early episodes of Doctor Who in 1965 as the 'The Meddling Monk'...
- Postman - Donald Clive - Ethel's boyfriend
- John Warren - 2nd Circus official
- Alan Goford - 1st Circus official
- Basil Gordon - 3rd Circus official
- Claude Bonsor - 4th Circus official
- 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....
- 1st Carter - John Martell - 2nd Carter
- Pinkie Hannaford - Small boy
- Edward MalinEdward MalinEdward Ernest Malin was a British actor. He is perhaps most famous for portraying the mute and geriatric Walter in the sitcom Nearest and Dearest.-Selected filmography:* The Greed of William Hart...
- Toy Shop Man - Slim Rhyder - Tramp Cyclist
- Arthur Stanley - Oldest Inhabitant