The Common Touch

Story

Synopsis

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

Director

John Baxter

Writers

Geoffrey Orme, Herbert Ayres, Barbara K. Emary

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

15 November 1941

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Geoffrey Hibbert

  Peter Henderson

• 

  Harry Welchman

  Lincolns Inn

• 

  Greta Gynt

  Sylvia Meadows

• 

  Joyce Howard

  Mary

• 

  Edward Rigby

  'Tich'

• 

  Bransby Williams

  Ben

• 

  George Carney

  Charlie

• 

  Eliot Makeham

  Inky

• Mark Hambourg

  'Chopin'

• Paul Martin

  Chris

• 

  Raymond Lovell

  Cartwright

• 

  John Longden

  Stuart Gordon