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Britannia of Billingsgate is a British film of genre Drama directed by Sinclair Hill with Violet Loraine
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
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Add to a movie listBritannia of Billingsgate is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker, Kay Hammond and John Mills. A family who work in the fish trade at Billingsgate Market encounter a film crew who are shooting there. It was based on the play Britannia of Billingsgate by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes.
Actors
Violet Loraine
(Bessie Bolton)
Gordon Harker
(Bert Bolton)
Kay Hammond
(Pearl Bolton)
John Mills
(Fred Bolton)
Drusilla Wills
(Mrs. Wigglesworth)
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