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The Good Companions is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Victor Saville with Jessie Matthews

The Good Companions (1933)

The Good Companions
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Length 1h53
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Genres Comedy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating68% 3.424843.424843.424843.424843.42484

The Good Companions is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville starring Jessie Matthews and John Gielgud. It was based on the novel of the same name by J.B. Priestley.

Synopsis

A group of widely divergent characters meet up with a broken-down touring concert-party, throw in their lot with them, and eventually triumph after temporary setbacks. This British musical-comedy follows an unlikely trio as they try to revive the fortunes of the floundering theatrical troupe. School teacher Inigo Jolifant (John Gielgud) with his talent for songwriting, and recently unemployed Jess Oakroyd (Edmund Gwenn) with his theatrical ambitions, together persuade Miss Trant (Mary Glynne), an older single woman looking for adventure, to fund them as they attempt to bring "The Dinky Do's" back into the spotlight. Susie Dean (Jessie Matthews) is a chorus girl who dreams of stardom, and when she's made the new leader of the show, it looks as if her dreams may finally come true.

Actors

Jessie Matthews

(Susie Dean)John Gielgud

(Inigo Jollifant)Edmund Gwenn

(Jess Oakroyd)Mary Glynne

(Miss Elizabeth Trant)Frank Pettingell

(Sam Oglethorpe)
And :
Laurence Hanray
George Zucco
Frederick Piper
Cyril Smith
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