The Briggs Family

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The Briggs Family
Directed by Herbert Mason
Written by Brock Williams
John Dighton
Produced byA.M.Salomon
Starring Edward Chapman
Felix Aylmer
Jane Baxter
Oliver Wakefield
Austin Trevor
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Music by Bretton Byrd
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros
Release date
  • 7 September 1940 (1940-09-07)(United Kingdom)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£17,602 [1]
Box office£14,188 [1]

The Briggs Family is a 1940 British second feature ('B') [2] drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. [3] It was written by Brock Williams and John Dighton.

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Plot

During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car.

Cast

Sequels

Due to the criticism of the characters not being true to life plans to make further sequels and a series of 'Briggs' films were dropped. [4]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The film is not successful in making one interested in the Briggs family. Bob and his set behave so incredibly that the climax of the trial loses its effect. Edward Chapman makes a real personality of Mr. Briggs but the rest are stock types and not individuals." [5]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The first half is fairly entertaining, but of no vital account. Full drama is awakened, of course, when Mr. Briggs has to apprehend his son. From thence on the picture comes into its own, and it holds the emotions in a firm grip until it culminates in the shrewdly presented and handled court scene. Belated as this is, the film is, on the whole, good comedy melodrama." [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4, pp. 687–724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p. 713
  2. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: British Film Institute/Bloomsbury. p. 3. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ↑ "The Briggs Family". British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 195. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
  5. ↑ "The Briggs Family" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 7 (73): 53. 1 January 1940 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "The Briggs Family" . Kine Weekly . 277 (1718): 24. 21 March 1940 – via ProQuest.


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