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The Good Companions

Directed by J. Lee Thompson
1957    1h 44m
Musical, Comedy, Romance,
5.7
A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a philanthropic spinster in search of adventure), and Jess Oakroyd (a down to earth, practical man recently made redundant from his job) leads to a change of fortune. Re-launched with Miss Trant's money, they tour England, at first with little success. Inigo falls in love with the troupe's talented and pretty young girl singer, Susie Dean. The troupe is threatened with disharmony, but, due to Inigo's intervention, and the marriage of the principal dancer (Jerry Jerningham) to Lady Parlitt (whose family "own a chain of theatres"), all turns out well for Susie by the end, when she triumphs in a lavish London revue, with the other members of "The Good Companions" in the audience, cheering her triumph.
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Cast of The Good Companions
  • Eric PortmanJess Oakroyd
  • Celia JohnsonMiss Trant
  • Janette ScottSusie Dean
  • Hugh GriffithMorton Mitcham
  • John FraserInigo Jollifant
  • Joyce GrenfellLady Parlitt
  • Bobby HowesJimmy Nunn
  • Rachel RobertsElsie and Effie Longstaff
  • John SalewMr. Joe
  • Mona WashbourneMrs. Joe
  • Paddy StoneJerry Jerningham
  • Carole LesleyFilm Star (as Leslie Carroll)
  • Irving DaviesDancer
  • Shirley Anne FieldRedhead - Three Graces
  • Margaret SimonsBlonde - Three Graces
  • Kim ParkerBrunette - Three Graces
  • Beryl KayeDancer
  • Thora HirdMrs Oakroyd
  • Alec McCowenAlbert Oakroyd
  • Anthony NewleyMaurice Milbrau
  • Beatrice VarleyMrs Carrie Nunn
  • Jimmy CarroLeonard
  • Jeremy BurnhamFelton
  • Anna TurnerDaisy
  • Fabia DrakeMrs Tarvin
  • Brian OultonFauntley
  • Lloyd PearsonMr Tarvin
  • Ralph TrumanGeorge Memsford
  • John Le MesurierMonte Mortimer
  • Marianne StoneMarilyn, Honeymoon Couple
  • Max ButterfieldReggie, Honeymoon Couple
  • Agnes BernelleEthel Georgia
  • Nicholas BruceChauffeur
  • Larry CrossTV Commentator
  • Shane CordellSecretary
  • Tom GillFriend of Critic
  • Marjorie RhodesMrs Mounder
  • Richard LeechJack Ridvers
  • Barbara ArcherBarmaid
  • George RoseTheatre Manager
  • Melvyn HayesTelegraph Boy
  • Ian WilsonMr Droke
  • Richard ThorpDavid
  • Claude BonserPit Man
  • George WoodbridgeRipe Gentleman
  • Olwen BrookesWoman on Tram

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