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Dear Octopus is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Harold French with Margaret Lockwood

Dear Octopus (1943)

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Length 1h26
Directed by
Genres Comedy
Rating64% 3.2264053.2264053.2264053.2264053.226405

Dear Octopus is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding and Celia Johnson. It is based on a 1938 play Dear Octopus written by Dodie Smith. It was also released as The Randolph Family.

Synopsis

Well-to-do couple Dora and Charles Randolph are celebrating their golden wedding, and three generations meet at the Randolph country home. As the relatives gather, each reveals his or her personal quirks and shortcomings. Caught in the middle is family secretary Penny Fenton (Margaret Lockwood), who has the unenviable task of sorting and smoothing out the family's deep-set hostilities and jealousies so that a good time can be had by all.

Actors

Margaret Lockwood

(Penny Randolph)Michael Wilding

(Nicholas Randolph)Celia Johnson

(Cynthia)Roland Culver

(Felix Martin)Helen Haye

(Dora Randolph)
And :
Athene Seyler
Jean Cadell
Basil Radford
Frederick Leister
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