The Happiest Days of Your Life

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Frank Launder

Writing Credits

John Dighton
(play)
Frank Launder
(screenplay) and
John Dighton
(screenplay)

Cast

Alastair Sim
Wetherby Pond
Margaret Rutherford
Muriel Whitchurch
John Turnbull
Conrad Matthews
Richard Wattis
Arnold Billings
John Bentley
Richard Tassell
Guy Middleton
Victor Hyde-Brown
Percy Walsh
Monsieur Joue
Arthur Howard
Anthony Ramsden
Edward Rigby
Rainbow
Harold Goodwin
Edwin
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Hampstead
Muriel Aked
Miss Jezzard
Joyce Grenfell
Miss Gossage
Bernadette O'Farrell
Miss Harper
Myrette Morven
Miss Chapel
Patience Rentoul
Miss Armstrong
Lilian Stanley
Miss Curtis
Kenneth Downey
Sir Angus McNally
Laurence Naismith
Dr. Collet
Stringer Davis
Rev. Rich
Stanley Lemin
Mr. Parry
Olwen Brookes
Mrs. Parry
Alan Broadhurst
Mr. Ibbertson
Vivien Wood
Mrs. Ibbertson
Nan Munro
Mrs. Jones
Russell Waters
Mr. West
George Benson
Mr. Tripp
Angela Glynne
Barbara Colhoun
Patricia Owens
Angela Parry
Margaret Anderson
Alice
Betty Blackler
Mary
Fred Marshall
Metcalf
John Rhodes
Cranbourne
Jim Davis
Talbot
Keith Faulkner
Unsworth
William Simonds
Oliver
George Cole
Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education
Beryl Ede
Political Canvasser
Gertrude Kaye
Assistant Cook
Charlotte Mitchell
Ethel
Pat Pleasance
Young Girl
Ronald Searle
Visiting Parent
Vi Stevens
Cook
Kaye Webb
Visiting Parent
Donald Wescott
Schoolboy

Produced by

Sidney Gilliat
A Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder Production
Stephen Harrison
producer (uncredited)
Alexander Korda
executive producer
Frank Launder
A Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder Production
E.M. Smedley-Aston
associate producer (as M. Smedley-Aston)
Mario Zampi
producer (uncredited)

Music by

Mischa Spoliansky

Cinematography by

Stanley Pavey
(as Stan Pavey) (photography)

Editing by

Oswald Hafenrichter

Art Direction by

Joseph Bato
(as Josef Bato)

Costume Design by

Joan Ellacott
(costumes)

Makeup Department

Dorrie Hamilton
makeup artist
Betty Sherriff
hairdresser
Tom Smith
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

C.R. Foster-Kemp
production manager (as Cecil R. Foster Kemp)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Cecil F. Ford
assistant director (as Cecil Ford)
George More O'Ferrall
second unit director (uncredited)
Clifford Price
third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Ronald Searle
title backgrounds designed by
William Hutchinson
assistant art director (uncredited)
Peter Wood
scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Leonard Bulkley
sound recordist (as L.B. Bulkley)
George Burgess
sound supervisor (as George E. Burgess)
S.R. Fowster
sound maintenance (uncredited)
Gordon Hay
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Fred Tomlin
boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Monty Berman
camera operator
Desmond Davis
clapper loader (uncredited)
Anthony Hopking
still photographer (uncredited)
G.B. Scarlett
grip (uncredited)
Gerry Turpin
focus puller (uncredited)
Terry Turtle
camera department head (uncredited)
Egil S. Woxholt
clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Bert Rooke
wardrobe master (uncredited)

Editorial Department

George Fisher
assistant editor (uncredited)
Teddy Mason
second assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management

George More O'Ferrall
associate location director (as G. More O'Ferrall)

Music Department

Hubert Clifford
conductor (as Dr. Hubert Clifford)
London Film Symphony Orchestra
music played by (as The London Film Orchestra)

Script and Continuity Department

Carole Acason
continuity
Angela Allen
continuity

Additional Crew

Enid Jones
publicist (uncredited)
Forbes Taylor
publicity (uncredited)
All Filters