The Crowded Day - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

The Crowded Day. Image shows from L to R: Suzy (Vera Day), Eunice's Mother (Thora Hird), Eunice (Prunella Scales). Copyright: Adelphi Films

Genre

Film

Released

1954

Stars

John Gregson, Joan Rice, Freda Jackson, Patricia Marmont, Jospehine Griffin, Sonia Holm, Patricia Plunkett, Rachel Roberts and more

Writers

Talbot Rothwell, John Paddy Carstairs and Moie Charles

Director

John Guillermin

Producer

David Dent

Company

A comic drama charting a single day in the life of a number of the female staff of a central London department store in the busy run-up to Christmas.

With the staff Christmas dance that evening and a heaving shop floor, there's all manner of things to keep both the male and female staff occupied, physically and mentally.

For one, the thought of a screen test and her big break into acting keeps her going; another is desperate to hear from her fiancé, who's left in search of work. There's the troublesome, mean heads of department; frustrated love as boyfriends appear to favour their cars; and some who can't find any date for the dance at all.

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Tagline

A story of shopgirls and their men!

UK certificate

A

Duration

83 minutes

UK release

November 1954

Produced

1954

Distributors

Adelphi Films

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Single camera

Picture

Black and white

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