The Good Companions - Complete Series - 3-DVD Set ( The Good Companions )

The Good Companions - Complete Series - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Good Companions
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
450 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bill Hays
Leonard Lewis

Written By:
Alan Plater
J.B. Priestley

Actors:
John Blythe ..... Joe Brundit (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Judy Cornwell ..... Elizabeth Trant (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Jan Francis ..... Susie Dean (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Simon Green ..... Jerry Jerningham (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Jo Kendall ..... Mrs. Joe (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Vivienne Martin ..... Elsie Longstaff (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Frank Mills ..... Jimmy Nunn (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Jeremy Nicholas ..... Inigo Jolliphant (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Bryan Pringle ..... Morton Mitcham (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Leslie Sands ..... Narrator (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
John Stratton ..... Jess Oakroyd (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Margaret Courtenay ..... Lady Partlit (4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Alfred Lynch ..... Joby Jackson (3 episodes, 1980-1981)
Ian Sharp ..... Leonard Oakroyd (3 episodes, 1980-1981)
Barbara Young ..... Mrs. Oakroyd (3 episodes, 1980-1981)
Bill Simpson ..... Dr. Hugh McFarlane (3 episodes, 1981)
Colin Douglas ..... Sam Oglethorpe (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Meg Johnson ..... Effie (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
John Sharp ..... Unkelarthur (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Ann Way ..... Miss Thong (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Fanny Carby ..... Mrs. Mounder (2 episodes, 1980)
Alan Hockey ..... Porson (2 episodes, 1980)
Denis Lawson ..... Albert Tuggridge (2 episodes, 1980)
Paul Luty ..... George Jobley (2 episodes, 1980)
Lorraine Peters ..... Mrs. Nunn (2 episodes, 1980)
Janet Mahoney ..... Mamie Potter (2 episodes, 1981)

Synopsis:

Jan Francis leads a lively cast in Beiderbecke writer Alan Plater's definitive adaptation of J.B. Priestley s celebrated novel. Charting the rollercoaster fortunes of a struggling concert party, Francis co-stars alongside Bryan Pringle, John Stratton and Moody and Pegg's Judy Cornwell, with guest appearances by Roy Kinnear, Denis Lawson and Nigel Hawthorne. Priestley's defining work and one which established him as a national figure The Good Companions has been a mainstay of English literature since its initial publication in 1929. Jess Oakroyd, discontented with his home, his work and his football team, tears up his Insurance Card and disappears into the night. He intends to go to Nuneaton, but instead finds himself on the ragged edges of show business. We share with him the trials and tribulations of the Good Companions as they tour seaside towns, industrial cities and rural backwaters in their search for success and stardom.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: In Which We Meet the Company
Original Air Date-14 November 1980
Season 1, Episode 2: Miss Trant Pays the Bill
Original Air Date-21 November 1980
Season 1, Episode 3: Supper at the Royal Standard
Original Air Date-28 November 1980
Season 1, Episode 4: On the Road
Original Air Date-5 December 1980
Season 1, Episode 5: Slippin' Round the Corner
Original Air Date-12 December 1980
Season 1, Episode 6: Stumbling Chronicles
Original Air Date-19 December 1980
Season 1, Episode 7: A Wind in the Triangle
Original Air Date-2 January 1981
Season 1, Episode 8: Salvage Work
Original Air Date-9 January 1981
Season 1, Episode 9: Curtain Call
Original Air Date-16 January 1981

Based on a novel by J. B. Priestley, this British musical-comedy follows an unlikely trio as they try to revive the fortunes of a floundering touring theatrical troupe. Inigo Jolifant (John Gielgud) is a schoolteacher with a talent for songwriting, and Jess Oakroyd (Edmund Gwenn) is a man with theatrical ambitions who has just lot his job. Together, they persuade Miss Trant (Mary Glynne), an older single woman looking for adventure, to back them as they try to bring "The Dinky Do's" back into the spotlight. Susie Dean (Jessie Matthews) is a chorus girl who dreams of stardom, and when she's made the new leader of the show, it looks as if her dreams may finally become a reality. The Good Companions is buoyed by the superb singing and dancing talents of Matthews, who was considered one of the screen's greatest musical stars in England and Europe, though she inexplicably never achieved the same fame in the United States; Gielgud also got a rare opportunity to display his vocal abilities in this film. Keep your eyes peeled for Jack Hawkins and horror film great George Zucco, who both appear in supporting roles.

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