London Belongs to Me
London Belongs to Me (also known as Dulcimer Street) is a British film released in 1948, directed by Sidney Gilliat, and starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim. It was based on the novel London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins, which was also the basis for a seven-part series made by Thames Television shown in 1977.
Plot
The film concerns the residents of a large terraced house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Among them are the landlady, Mrs Vizzard (played by Joyce Carey), who is a widow and a believer in spiritualism; Mr and Mrs Josser (Wylie Watson and Fay Compton), and their teenage daughter Doris (Susan Shaw); the eccentric spiritualist medium Mr Squales (Sim); the colourful Connie Coke (Ivy St. Helier), the young motor mechanic Percy Boon (Attenborough) and his mother (Gladys Henson).
More details
| author | Richard Attenborough |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Sidney Gilliat |
| editor | Thelma Myers |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | accused of murder car theft clemency colour contact the dead end gladys henson houses of parliament ivy st. helier medium predict the future prophecy reprieve socialism socialist spiritualism spiritualist medium teenage daughter |
| musicBy | Benjamin Frankel |
| producer | executive producer Frank Launder J. Arthur Rank |
| productionCompany | Individual Pictures |
| publisher | General Film Distributors |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |