''Badger's Green'' is a 1949 British
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by John Irwin and starring
Barbara Murray
Barbara Ann Murray (27 September 1929 – 20 May 2014) was an English actress.
Murray was most active in the 1940s and 1950s as a fresh-faced leading lady in many British films such as '' Passport to Pimlico'' (1949) and '' Meet Mr. Lucifer'' ( ...
,
Brian Nissen
Brian Nissen (20 October 1927 in London – 8 February 2001 in Salisbury, Wiltshire) was a British actor and television continuity announcer.
Biography
Nissen made an early appearance in Laurence Olivier's film of Shakespeare's ''Henry V'', and ...
,
Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh (21 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.
Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey, his parents were George and Laura. His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist ...
and
Kynaston Reeves
Philip Arthur Reeves (29 May 18935 December 1971), known professionally as Kynaston Reeves, was an English character actor who appeared in numerous films and many television plays and series.
Early life
Reeves was born in London on 29 May 189 ...
.
It is based on the play ''
Badger's Green'' by
R.C. Sheriff, which had previously been turned into a 1934
film of the same title. It was shot at
Highbury Studios
The Highbury Studios were a British film studio located in Highbury, North London which operated from 1937 until 1956. The studios were constructed by the producer Maurice J. Wilson. During its early years, the studio was hired out to independent ...
and released as a
second feature
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by the
Rank Organisation
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, on the same bill as ''
Eureka Stockade
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''.
[Chibnall & MacFarlane p.290] The film's sets were designed by
Don Russell
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Education
Don Russell has a PhD from the London School of Economics, ...
.
Synopsis
A company plans a massive development in the quiet village of Badger's Green, angering the existing inhabitants. It is eventually agreed that the outcome of the dispute will be settled by a local
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
match.
Main cast
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Barbara Murray
Barbara Ann Murray (27 September 1929 – 20 May 2014) was an English actress.
Murray was most active in the 1940s and 1950s as a fresh-faced leading lady in many British films such as '' Passport to Pimlico'' (1949) and '' Meet Mr. Lucifer'' ( ...
as Jane Morton
*
Brian Nissen
Brian Nissen (20 October 1927 in London – 8 February 2001 in Salisbury, Wiltshire) was a British actor and television continuity announcer.
Biography
Nissen made an early appearance in Laurence Olivier's film of Shakespeare's ''Henry V'', and ...
as Dickie Wetherby
*
Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh (21 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.
Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey, his parents were George and Laura. His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist ...
as Major Forrester
*
Kynaston Reeves
Philip Arthur Reeves (29 May 18935 December 1971), known professionally as Kynaston Reeves, was an English character actor who appeared in numerous films and many television plays and series.
Early life
Reeves was born in London on 29 May 189 ...
as Doctor Wetherby
*
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 1908 – 5 June 1992) was an English actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, including starring roles in the musical films '' Scrooge'' (1970) and the children's ghost fil ...
as Mr Butler
*
Mary Merrall as Mrs Wetherby
* Clifford Buckton as Sergeant Foster
*
Stuart Latham as PC Percy
*
Lionel Murton
William Lionel Murton (2 June 1915 – 26 September 2006) was an English character actor. Born in Wandsworth, London, he was resident at Little Orchard, Weston Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, before his death at age 91. He was ...
as Albert
*
Jack McNaughton as Mr Twigg
*
Norman Pierce
Norman Pierce (5 September 1900 – 22 March 1968) was a British actor. He was born in Southport, Lancashire. He died in Helions Bumpstead, Essex, England on 22 March 1968 at the age of 67. He played pub landlords and barmen in a number of ...
as Sam Rogers
* Ethel Ramsey as Mrs Rogers
*
Patrick Troughton
Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor who was classically trained for the stage but became known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction ...
as Jim Carter
*
Sam Kydd
Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British-Irish actor. His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in ''Crane'' and its sequel '' Orlando''. He als ...
as Harry Parker
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
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1949 films
British films based on plays
1940s sports comedy films
British sports comedy films
Films set in England
Films shot at Highbury Studios
Cricket films
British black-and-white films
1949 comedy films
1940s English-language films
1940s British films
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