The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad
Directed by	Ken Annakin
Written by	Gerard Bryant Ted Willis
Story by	Keith Campbell
Produced by	Betty E. Box
Starring	Jack Warner Kathleen Harrison Susan Shaw Petula Clark
Cinematography	Reginald H. Wyer
Edited by	Gordon Hales
Music by	Antony Hopkins
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	May 1949
Running time	89 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£113,000 (by 1953)

The Huggetts Abroad is a 1949 British film starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark and Susan Shaw. It was the final film of The Huggetts. The film was less commercially successful than its predecessors. A sequel, Christmas with the Huggetts, was planned but never made.

Plot

After Joe Huggett loses his job, the family decide to emigrate to South Africa, travelling via a land route that takes them across Africa. On their journey they become entangled with a diamond smuggler.

Cast

• Jack Warner as Joe Huggett
• Kathleen Harrison as Ethel Huggett
• Susan Shaw as Susan Huggett
• Petula Clark as Pet Huggett
• Dinah Sheridan as Jane Huggett
• Hugh McDermott as Bob McCoy
• Jimmy Hanley as Jimmy Gardner
• Peter Hammond as Peter Hawtrey
• John Blythe as Gowan
• Amy Veness as Grandma Huggett
• Peter Illing as Algerian Detective
• Frith Banbury as French Doctor
• Olaf Pooley as Straker
• Esma Cannon as Brown Owl
• Sheila Raynor as Woman with Straker

Production

Jane Hylton was ill so her part was played by Dinah Sheridan. She was then married to Jimmy Hanley.

External links

• The Huggetts Abroad at IMDb
• The Huggetts Abroad at BFI
• The Huggets Abroad at Letterbox DVD
• The Huggetts Abroad at TCMDB
• Complete film at Internet Archive