Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark.[2] Warner reprises his role as the head of a London family, in the post-war years.

Vote for Huggett
British 1-sheet poster
Directed byKen Annakin
Produced byBetty E. Box
Written byMabel Constanduros
Denis Constanduros
Allan MacKinnon
StarringJack Warner
Kathleen Harrison
Susan Shaw
Petula Clark
Music byAntony Hopkins
CinematographyReginald H. Wyer
Edited byGordon Hales
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
February 1949
Running time
84 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£143,000 (by 1953)[1]

It was the second in the film series The Huggetts, after 1948's Here Come the Huggetts, and the third film in which the family appeared. In it, Joe Huggett decides to run as a candidate in the local municipal elections. It was followed later that year by The Huggetts Abroad.[3]

Plot

After writing a letter to the local newspaper, calling for the construction of a pleasure garden for a new war memorial, Joe Huggett is overwhelmed by the response from the public. However, his call is awkward for a corrupt local councillor who has plans of his own for the space from which his business can profit. Other people see opportunities of their own in supporting Huggett's plan and as part of this he is persuaded to stand for election as a local councillor. In her efforts to help his campaign, Pet gets rather too enthusiastic. Meanwhile, Susan's love life gets complicated when her boyfriend Peter proposes marriage and then finds he has competition.

Cast

Production

Filming took place April 1949.[4]

Critical reception

TV Guide described Vote for Huggett as "one of three films in the rather dismal 'Huggett Family' series".[5] The Radio Times praised Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison, "wonderful as mum and dad and yes, that's a young Diana Dors as the troublesome niece".[6] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "the film is well up to the standard set by the first in the series, and relies for its appeal on its homely humour and fine characterisations by Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison as Joe and Ethel Huggett, Susan Shaw and Petula Clark as their daughters and Diana Dors as niece Diana. Strong support is rendered by the remainder of the cast."[7]

gollark: Well, it's better than dying?
gollark: No, not you.
gollark: > hoping for more people to die and greater economic damage because it would boost your political ideology
gollark: The economic damage is almost certainly better than the increased deaths/sick people which would result from doing less.
gollark: And I'd argue that not knowing exactly what it can do means you should treat it more seriously.

References
  1. Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
  2. "Vote for Huggett (1948)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  3. "FAMILY LIFE SERIES by British Producers". The Mercury. CLXX, (24, 665). Tasmania, Australia. 31 December 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 12 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. "FILM CLOSE-UPS". The Mail (Adelaide). 38, (1, 924). South Australia. 16 April 1949. p. 2 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 12 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. "Vote For Huggett". TVGuide.com.
  6. Brian Baxter. "Vote for Huggett". RadioTimes.
  7. "Vote for Huggett". petulaclark.net.


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