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Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 57GoodWatch 64
IMDb5.7
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for music movies, −10 min on the typical 106
typical 10696Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
1949
September 29, 1949
77 years ago
Genres
MusicDramaComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 38 more72 people
- Jean KentTrottie True
- James DonaldLord Digby Langdon
- Hugh SinclairMaurice Beckenham
- Andrew CrawfordSid Skinner
- Bill OwenJoe Jugg
- Michael MedwinMonty, Marquis of Maidenhead
- Lana MorrisBouncy Barrington
- Christopher LeeHon. Bongo Icklesham
Harcourt WilliamsDuke Of Wellwater
Heather ThatcherAngela Platt Brown- HSHarold ScottMr True
Joan YoungMrs True- DLDilys LayeTrottie as a child
Carole LesleyClare as a child
Anthony SteelThe Bellaires' footman
Hattie JacquesDaisy Delaware
Roger MooreStage Door Johnny (uncredited)- DLDavid LinesPerce as a child
- THTony HalfpennyPerce True
Daphne AndersonBertha True- CCCampbell CottsSaintsbury
Mary HintonDuchess of Wellwater
Katharine BlakeRuby Rubarto
Lyndon BrookBit Role (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Brian Desmond Hurst Director
Writing · 3
- Caryl Brahms Writer
- S.J. Simon Writer
- Denis Freeman Screenplay
Production · 3
- George Pitcher Producer
- Earl St. John Producer
- Hugh Stewart Producer
Camera · 1
- Harry Waxman Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ralph Kemplen Editor
Sound · 2
- Benjamin Frankel Original Music Composer
- Fred Ryan Boom Operator
Art · 2
- Colleen Browning Set Decoration
- Ralph W. Brinton Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Beatrice Dawson Costume Design
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