Touch and Go (1955)
1h 25m | PG-13
When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia - but his problems are only just beginning.
Director: Michael Truman
Studio: Ealing Studios
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast
Jack Hawkins
as Jim Fletcher
Margaret Johnston
as Helen Fletcher
June Thorburn
as Peggy Fletcher
Roland Culver
as Reg Fairbright
John Fraser
as Richard Kenyon
James Hayter
as Kimball
Reviews
Jack Hawkins is "Fletcher" who is tired of working at a furniture company which refuses to adopt his new designs. When he finally reaches the end of his creative tether, he, wife "Helen" (Margaret Leighton) and daughter "Peggy" (June Thorburn) decide to emigrate to Australia! All goes well enough, he quits his job and they start to plan, but soon the daughter falls for a young man, and "Helen" starts to get cold feet... It's a bit of a one-joke film, this, but Hawkins is on good form as was writer William Rose and director Michael Truman and the story moves along, quite wittily on occasion, at one heck of a pace towards an increasingly obvious conclusion. Certainly worth a watch.