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The Good Companions

JOY! MUSIC! MIRTH! "WORTHY OF THE HONOUR of being the first talking picture seen in public by the King and Queen."

5.8 / 10

113 minutes

1933-02-28

English

GB

Actors :

Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Mary Glynne, Percy Parsons, A.W. Baskcomb, Florence Gregson, Frank Pettingell, Laurence Hanray, Annie Esmond, George Zucco, Harold Meade, Finlay Currie, Jack Hawkins, Max Miller

Description

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

3/14/2024, 2:53:45 PM

There's actually something really quite plausible about this film. It all centres around people who are restless. Unsettled. They need a change in their lives, so leave homes and families and set off on a pilgrimage. For what? Well they don't really know - it's going to be what ever fate throws at them. As we encounter the characters, there's a sense that this might be quite a lively adventure. Ed...