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The Holly and the Ivy is a British film of genre Drama directed by George More O'Ferrall released in USA on 4 february 1954 with Ralph Richardson
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 february 1954
Length 1h23
Directed by George More O'Ferrall
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating71%
The Holly and the Ivy is a 1952 British drama film directed by George More O'Ferrall and produced by Anatole de Grunwald. Adapted from a play by Wynyard Browne, it is about an English clergyman whose neglect of his grown offspring, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering. Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, and Margaret Leighton star, while Margaret Halstan and Maureen Delany reprised their roles from the stage. It had its U.S release in 1954.
Actors
Ralph Richardson
(Reverend Martin Gregory)
Celia Johnson
(Jenny Gregory)
Margaret Leighton
(Margaret Gregory)
Denholm Elliott
(Michael Gregory)
Hugh Williams
(Richard Wyndham)
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