A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. It may well have been inspired by the success of Bernard Cribbins' classic song of the same vein from two years earlier, "Right Said Fred". In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker’s put-upon cement mixer, Peter Butterworth’s short-sighted carpenter and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.
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A Home of Your Own Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Peter Butterworth
He was 44, 59 years old when he died
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as The Carpenter |
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Fred Emney
He was 63, 80 years old when he died
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as The Mayor |
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Richard Briers
He was 29, 79 years old when he died
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as The Husband |
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Gerald Campion
He was 42, 81 years old when he died
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as Glazier |
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Bill Fraser
He was 39, 63 years old when he died
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as The Shop Steward |
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Ronnie Barker
He was 34, 76 years old when he died
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as The Cement Mixer |
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Ronnie Stevens
He was 38, 81 years old when he died
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as The Architect |
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Janet Brown
She was 40, 87 years old when she died
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as Surveyor's Wife |
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Bernard Cribbins
He was 35, now 95 years old
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as The Stonemason |
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Norman Mitchell
He was 45, 82 years old when he died
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as The Foreman |
A Home of Your Own Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Jay Lewis as Director. He was 50 (55) years old when He died
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Directing |
