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The Crowded Day (1954)

The Crowded Day poster
Directed by
John Guillermin
Genre
comedy drama, Christmas film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This British film follows several shopgirls working at a London department store during the Christmas shopping rush. It shows their lives and relationships over a single crowded day.

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What happens

The Crowded Day (also known as Tomorrow Is Sunday; USA title: Shop Spoiled) is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Gregson, Joan Rice, Cyril Raymond and Josephine Griffin. The screenplay was by Talbot Rothwell based on a story by John Paddy Carstairs and Moie Charles. The film follows a group of shopgirls working in Bunting and Hobbs, a London department store, during the Christmas shopping season. It was an attempt by Adelphi Films to move into bigger budgeted films. It was the last movie Guillermin directed for the company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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