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Touch and Go

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Producing House

When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia - but his problems are only just beginning.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1955-10-02

Runtime: 85 mins

Director: Michael Truman

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Original title: Touch and Go

Production Companies: Ealing Studios

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Reviews

G

Geronimo1967
Jack Hawkins is "Fletcher" who is tired of working at a furniture company which refuses to adopt his new designs. When he finally reaches the end of his creative tether, he, wife "Helen" (Margaret Leighton) and daughter "Peggy" (June Thorburn) decide to emigrate to Australia! All goes well enough, he quits his job and they start to plan, but soon the daughter falls for a young man, and "Helen" starts to get cold feet... It's a bit of a one-joke film, this, but Hawkins is on good form as was writer William Rose and director Michael Truman and the story moves along, quite wittily on occasion, at one heck of a pace towards an increasingly obvious conclusion. Certainly worth a watch.
2022-11-14

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