Holiday Camp (film)

Holiday Camp
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Annakin
Written byPeter Rogers
Muriel Box
Sydney Box
addit. dialogue
Mabel Constanduros
Denis Constanduros
Ted Willis
Story byGodfrey Winn
Produced bySydney Box
StarringFlora Robson
Jack Warner
Dennis Price
Hazel Court
CinematographyJack Cox
Edited byAlfred Roome
Music byBob Busby
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 5 August 1947 (1947-08-05)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£150,400[1][2]
Box office£184,300[1] or £166,400[2]

Holiday Camp is a 1947 British comedy drama film directed by Ken Annakin, starring Flora Robson, Jack Warner, Dennis Price, and Hazel Court, and also features Kathleen Harrison and Jimmy Hanley.[3] It is set at one of the then-popular holiday camps. It resonated with post-war audiences and was very successful. It was the first film to feature the Huggett family, who went on to star in "The Huggetts" film series.

  1. ^ a b Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 210
  2. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 353. Income is in terms of producer's share.
  3. ^ "Holiday Camp (1947)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.