---
title: 'This Happy Breed (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lean'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/this-happy-breed-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037367/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# This Happy Breed (1944)

1944 · 115 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

This Happy Breed is a 1944 British Technicolor drama film directed by David Lean and starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway and John Mills. The screenplay by Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame is based on the 1939 play This Happy Breed, by Noël Coward.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- **Screenplay:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean), [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward), [Ronald Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-neame), [Anthony Havelock-Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-havelock-allan)
- **Producer:** [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ronald Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-neame)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Muir Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/muir-mathieson)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Anita Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-page)
- [Bessie Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/bessie-love)
- [Stanley Holloway](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-holloway)
- [Celia Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/celia-johnson)
- [John Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mills)
- [Amy Veness](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-veness)
- [Alison Leggatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-leggatt)
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier)
- [Kay Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-walsh)
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton)

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