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Touch and Go is a British film of genre Drama with Jack Hawkins

Touch and Go (1955)

Touch and Go
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Length 1h25
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0508553.0508553.0508553.0508553.050855

Touch and Go (U.S. The Light Touch) is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Michael Truman and starring Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, and June Thorburn. The film was made by Ealing Studios. The film was indifferently received on release and is not generally included in the canon of classic Ealing Comedies. It did however pick up two nominations at the 1956 British Academy Film Awards: Margaret Johnston for 'Best British Actress' and William Rose for 'Best British Screenplay' – Rose did win that year's screenplay award but for another Ealing film, The Ladykillers.

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Following an argument with a work superior, furniture designer Jim Fletcher quits his job in a fit of pique. He decides that England has nothing to offer him and the future for his family is in Australia. He eagerly sets about making emigration plans, and despite the fact that his wife and family are less than enthusiastic about moving to the other side of the world, he disregards their reservations and presses ahead. Practical and bureaucratic hitches continually threaten to derail the project.
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