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Where There's a Will

1955 · 80 min

A gentle, good-natured British comedy of mismatched town folk bumbling through country life, easy to settle into and quietly amusing.

Directed by
Vernon Sewell
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Leslie Dwyer
Overview
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Directed by
Vernon Sewell
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Leslie Dwyer
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • class
    • work
    • identity
    • ambition
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Vernon Sewell
    Written by
    R.F. Delderfield
    Starring
    Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Leslie Dwyer, Ann Hanslip, Edward Woodward, Dandy Nichols, Thelma Ruby, Edward Lexy
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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