UK, 1949. Directed by Ken Annakin. Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, Dinah Sheridan, Jimmy Hanley, Peter Hammond, Hugh McDermott.
The final film in the Huggett saga sees the family escaping the austerity of post-war Britain for an overland trip to South Africa. To help fund it they take on a paying companion who, it turns out, has his own shady reasons for wishing to join them. As a plot it’s wafer-thin and highly predictable, but reasonably enjoyable in its way. It’s cheerfully politically incorrect (funny/sinister foreigners), in the way that many films of this era are – how times have changed! Notable for the cameo appearance of legendary British theatre actor/director Frith Banbury – in a long career he only made just five films. Dinah Sheridan joins the cast to take on the role of eldest daughter Jane, playing alongside her real-life husband Jimmy Hanley. Hugh McDermott appears as the dubious companion. And Petula Clark sings another naff song. Brilliant!
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