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2 unusual facts about London Belongs to Me


London Belongs to Me

Among them are the Jossers (mother and father Fay Compton and Wylie Watson, and teenage daughter Susan Shaw), landlady Mrs Vizzard (Joyce Carey), the eccentric spiritualist medium Mr Squales (Sim), the colourful Connie Coke (Ivy St. Helier), and the young Percy Boon (Attenborough) and his mother (Gladys Henson).

The main street was an interior set, but additional location filming took place around London and at Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire.


Sidney Gilliat

While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950).


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