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London Belongs to Me (1948)

London Belongs to Me poster
Directed by
Sidney Gilliat
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is about a group of people living in a boarding house in London in the years before World War Two. It follows their everyday struggles and relationships, with one young man getting into trouble with the law.

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What happens

London Belongs to Me (also known as Dulcimer Street) is a British film released in 1948, directed by Sidney Gilliat, and starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim. It was based on the novel London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins, which was also the basis for a seven-part series made by Thames Television shown in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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