Dear Octopus (film)

Dear Octopus
Directed byHarold French
Written byPatrick Kirwan
R. J. Minney
Esther McCracken (adaptation)
Based onthe play by Dodie Smith
Produced byEdward Black
StarringMargaret Lockwood
Michael Wilding
Celia Johnson
CinematographyArthur Crabtree
Edited byMichael C. Chorlton
Music byHubert Bath
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 20 September 1943 (1943-09-20) (UK)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dear Octopus (aslso known as The Randolph Family) is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding and Celia Johnson.[1][2] It was written by Patrick Kirwan and R. J. Minney from an adaptation by Esther McCracken of the 1938 play Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith.

  1. ^ "Dear Octopus". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Dear Octopus". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.