Holiday Camp

1947 1h 37m EN

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SOLID

★6.8TMDB · 12

Comedy

Synopsis

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The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Flora Robson
Esther Harman
Dennis Price
Sq. Ldr. Hardwick
Jack Warner
Joe Huggett
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. Ethel Huggett
Hazel Court
Joan Huggett
Yvonne Owen
Angela Kirby
Esmond Knight
Camp Announcer
Jimmy Hanley
Jimmy Gardner

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ken Annakin
Writers: Muriel Box, Godfrey Winn, Sydney Box
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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79 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Huggett Family Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ken Annakin, shot by Jack E. Cox. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Flora Robson and Dennis Price and Jack Warner carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0040443 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ken Annakin directs. Jack E. Cox behind the camera. Alfred Roome cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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179 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Huggett Family Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Ken Annakin, shot by Jack E. Cox. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Flora Robson and Dennis Price and Jack Warner carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0040443 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jack E. Cox
Editing: Alfred Roome
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Holiday Camp (1947)

Part of

Huggett Family Collection

The Huggett family, Dad Joe, Mum Ethel, daughters Jane/Susan/Pet, star in these British films from the late 1940s

Also by

Ken Annakin

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-07-07
★ 7/10
I can safely say that I have never been to an holiday camp - the BBC series "Hi-Di-HI" that ran in the UK in the 1980s always made sure that never happened. By then, though, we had international travel at our fingertips. In the late 1940s, people were still having their food rationed let alone being able to hop on a flight to Florida or Fuerteventura. The "Huggetts" - led by Jack Warner and the indomitable Kathleen Harrison take their family to one such camp for, ostensibly, a nice rest. Ha, well good luck with that - before long they are involved in dodgy card games, and absconded pair of expectant teenagers and a fleeing murderer. (You wonder why i never fancied such places?) The Huggetts were a famous cinema family in the 1940s, their decency and family values imbued well by the strong, likeable cast. Usually their efforts were all augmented by some guest stars - and here, with the rather lonely figure of Flora Robson and the distinctly caddish Dennis Price, is no different. It resonates now, as ever, because it is about ordinary people - not wealthy or profligate, just folks trying to keep their lives afloat after the war and there is plenty of pithy, quick witted comedy that, though dated and a little too stereotyped for 60 years on, is still enjoyable to watch.

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