The Common Touch

The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad 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.

Drama

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)

Wally Patch

('Nobby')

Edgar Driver

('Oily')

Bernard Miles

(Cricket Steward)

Scott Sanders

(Pat)

Ian Maclaren

(Harmonica Player)

Jerry Verno

(Office Messenger)

Charles Carson

(Haywood)

Ben Williams

(Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match)

John Slater

(Joe)

Bill Fraser

(Harris)

John Turnbull

(Father at School Cricket Match)

Marian Spencer

(Mother at School Cricket Match)

Grant Tyler

(Son at School Cricket Match)

Dennis Wyndham

(Commissionaire)

Hector Abbas

(Foreigner)

Cyril Chamberlain

(Jenkins)

Rowland Douglas

(Manservant)

Edwin Ellis

(Shorty)

Carroll Gibbons

(Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader)

Arthur Hambling

(Pettit)

Elizabeth Hunt

(Annie)

Vi Kaley

(2nd Servant At Window)

Margaret Lang

(Miss Wayne)

Eric Lugg

(Winstanley)

Sandy Macpherson

(Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist)

Arthur Maude

(Martin)

Gerald Moore

(Baker Boy)

Charles Rolfe

(Detective Inspector)

Harry Terry

(Bill)

Iris Vandeleur

(Alice)

Percy Walsh

(McFarlane)

Freddie Watts

(Chauffeur)

Otto Friese

(Club Patron)

Jack May

(Workman)