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Children Galore
Directed byTerence Fisher
Written byJohn Bonnet
Emery Bonnet
Peter Plaskett
Produced byHenry Passmore
StarringEddie Byrne
June Thorburn
Betty Ann Davies
CinematographyJonah Jones
Edited byInman Hunter
Production
company
Grendon Films
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • February 1955 (1955-02) (UK)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Children Galore is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Eddie Byrne and June Thorburn.[1][2][3] It was written by John Bonnet, Emery Bonnet and Peter Plaskett.

Plot

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A village squire offers to give away a cottage to a deserving family with the most grandchildren.

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The simple rustic humours exploited here prove alogether too simple, and the result is a cheerless and rather tasteless little comedy. A number of character players, affecting a number of rural accents, go down fighting."[4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Group-3 style comedy has neither depth nor taste; the cast works hard."[5]

In the Radio Times, David Parkinson rated the film two out of five stars, calling it "Fun in a very English sort of way, this programme filler has the advantage of being short and to the point."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Children Galore". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Children Galore (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Children Galore (1954) - Terence Fisher - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". Allmovie.
  4. ^ "Children Galore". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 22 (252): 23. 1 January 1955 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 292. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  6. ^ "Children Galore". RadioTimes.
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