The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad (1949)

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.

Date of release
1949-03-21
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Ken Annakin
Collection
Huggett Family Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Huggetts Abroad is a 1949 British comedy drama film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was written by Gerard Bryant and Ted Willis from a story by Keith Campbell. It was the fourth and final film in The Huggetts series.

Production

In his autobiography Ken Annakin says he was reluctant to make The Huggett films, wanting to work on more ambitious material, but did it as a favour to Sydney Box, head of Gainsborough Pictures, and that he enjoyed working with the cast.

Because Jane Hylton was ill her part, Jane Huggett, was played by Dinah Sheridan, who was then married to Jimmy Hanley.

The following statement appears after the opening credits: The Huggett Family, which made its screen debut in Holiday Camp, appears again in this film. Since the name of the family was chosen it has been brought to our notice that a Mr and Mrs Huggett and their family made a trek across Africa, subsequently returning to England.

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