Quiet Weekend is a 1946 British comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Harold French

Harold French

Harold French was an English director and actor of stage and screen. As an actor most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936. He did not garner as much attention as an actor as he would as a director. From 1940 to 1955 he had a several solid box-office successes...

 and starring Derek Farr

Derek Farr

Derrick Capel Farr was a British actor who appeared regularly in British films and television from 1938 until his death in 1986....

, Frank Cellier and Marjorie Fielding

Marjorie Fielding

-Selected filmography:* Quiet Wedding * Spring in Park Lane * Conspirator * The Mudlark * The Lavender Hill Mob * Mandy * The Magic Box...

. A family try to relax during a weekend holiday in the country but are constantly irritated by the unpleasant friend of their eldest son. It was a sequel to the 1941 film Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Marjorie Fielding. The screenplay was written by Terence Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald based on the play Quiet Wedding by Esther McCracken which was later remade as Happy is the...

with several of the actors reprising their roles. It was based on the 1941 play Quiet Weekend

Quiet Weekend (play)

Quiet Weekend is a 1941 play by the British writer Esther McCracken. It was a sequel to the 1941 play Quiet Wedding.-Adaptation:In 1946 it was turned into a film Quiet Weekend directed by Harold French.-Bibliography:...

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Cast

• Derek Farr
  Derek Farr
  Derrick Capel Farr was a British actor who appeared regularly in British films and television from 1938 until his death in 1986....
  
   as Denys Royd
• Frank Cellier as Adrian Barrasford
• Marjorie Fielding
  Marjorie Fielding
  -Selected filmography:* Quiet Wedding * Spring in Park Lane * Conspirator * The Mudlark * The Lavender Hill Mob * Mandy * The Magic Box...
  
   as Mildred Royd
• George Thorpe as Arthur Royd
• Barbara White as Miranda Bute
• Helen Shingler
  Helen Shingler
  -Selected filmography:* Quiet Weekend * Silver Darlings * The Rossiter Case * The Lady with the Lamp * Love's a Luxury * Laughing Anne * Background * Room in the House...
  
   as Rowena Hyde
• Edward Rigby
  Edward Rigby
  Edward Rigby was a British character actor.-Early life:Rigby was the son of Jamaican-born Dr. William Harriot Coke and his wife Liverpool-born Mary Elizabeth of 17 High Street, Ashford. He was educated at Haileybury, and Wye Agricultural College...
  
   as Sam Pecker
• Josephine Wilson as Mary Jarrow
• Gwynne Whitby as Marcia Brent
• Ballard Berkeley as Jim Brent
• Judith Furse
  Judith Furse
  -Career:A member of the noted Furse family, her father was Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse. Her brother, Roger, became a celebrated stage designer and painter who occasionally worked in films....
  
   as Ella Spender
• Pat Field as Sally Spender
• Hélène Burls as Bella
• George Merritt
  George Merritt (actor)
  George Merritt was a British film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* The W Plan * The Lodger * I Was a Spy * Crime on the Hill * The Silver Spoon...
  
   as Police Sergeant
• Christopher Steele as Vicar
• Mary Martlew as Elena
• Conway Palmer as Paul Perry
• Brian Weske
  Brian Weske
  -Selected filmography:* Medal for the General * Quiet Weekend * Fame is the Spur * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town * Brandy for the Parson * Jazz Boat * On the Fiddle...
  
   as Johnnie
• Richard George as Lorry Driver