Vote for Huggett is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark.[2] Warner reprises his role as the head of a London family, in the post-war years.
Vote for Huggett | |
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Directed by | Ken Annakin |
Written by | Mabel Constanduros Denis Constanduros Allan MacKinnon |
Produced by | Betty E. Box |
Starring | Jack Warner Kathleen Harrison Susan Shaw Petula Clark |
Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
Edited by | Gordon Hales |
Music by | Antony Hopkins |
Production company | Gainsborough Pictures |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date | February 1949 |
Running time | 84 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £143,000 (by 1953)[1] |
In this, the third in the series of films about the Huggetts after Holiday Camp, in 1947, and Here Come the Huggetts (1948), Joe Huggett decides to run as a candidate in the municipal election. It was followed later in 1949 by The Huggetts Abroad.[3]
After writing a letter to the local newspaper, calling for the construction of a pleasure garden for a new war memorial, Joe Huggett is overwhelmed by the response from the public. However, his call is awkward for a corrupt local councillor who has plans of his own for the space from which his business can profit. Other people see opportunities of their own in supporting Huggett's plan and he is persuaded to stand for election as a local councillor. In her efforts to help his campaign, Pet gets rather too enthusiastic. Meanwhile, Susan's love life gets complicated when her boyfriend Peter proposes marriage and then finds he has competition.
TV Guide described Vote for Huggett as "one of three films in the rather dismal 'Huggett Family' series".[4] The Radio Times praised Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison, "wonderful as mum and dad and yes, that's a young Diana Dors as the troublesome niece".[5] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "the film is well up to the standard set by the first in the series, and relies for its appeal on its homely humour and fine characterisations by Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison as Joe and Ethel Huggett, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark as their daughters and Diana Dors as niece Diana. Strong support is rendered by the remainder of the cast."[6]
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