The Common Touch

The Common Touch

The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

Cast for The Common Touch...

Geoffrey Hibbert
Peter Henderson
Harry Welchman
Lincolns Inn
Greta Gynt
Sylvia Meadows
Raymond Lovell
Cartwright
John Longden
Stuart Gordon
Bernard Miles
Cricket Steward
Ian Maclaren
Harmonica Player
Jerry Verno
Office Messenger
Ben Williams
Workman Watching Dinner Time Cricket Match
John Turnbull
Father at School Cricket Match
Marian Spencer
Mother at School Cricket Match
Grant Tyler
Son at School Cricket Match
Dennis Wyndham
Commissionaire
Hector Abbas
Foreigner
Rowland Douglas
Manservant
Carroll Gibbons
Carroll Gibbons - Night Club Band Leader
Vi Kaley
2nd Servant At Window
Margaret Lang
Miss Wayne
Eric Lugg
Winstanley
Sandy Macpherson
Sandy Macpherson - Cabaret Organist
Gerald Moore
Baker Boy
Charles Rolfe
Detective Inspector
Percy Walsh
McFarlane
Freddie Watts
Chauffeur
Otto Friese
Club Patron
Jack May
Workman