![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/036/679/36679997_1320d7.jpg)
Directed by:
Ken AnnakinScreenplay:
Ted WillisCinematography:
Reginald H. WyerCast:
Kathleen Harrison, Petula Clark, Dinah Sheridan, Susan Shaw, Hugh McDermott, Peter Hammond, John Blythe, Brian Oulton, Ferdy Mayne, Eunice Gayson, Jack Warner (more)Plots(1)
Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Kathleen Harrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948809_441739.jpg)
Kathleen Harrison
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Petula Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273506_80c712.jpg)
Petula Clark
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
La Vallée du bonheur (1968)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
![Dinah Sheridan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319089_e86771.jpg)
Dinah Sheridan
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983) (TV movie)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
![Susan Shaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156452_919396.jpg)
Susan Shaw
UK
Best movies:
Chain of Events (1957)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
![Hugh McDermott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762321_5e63cd.jpg)
Hugh McDermott
UK
Best movies:
A King in New York (1957)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Lawman (1971)
![Peter Hammond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193927_cf0916.jpg)
Peter Hammond
UK
Best movies:
X the Unknown (1956)
![John Blythe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271487_522a11.jpg)
John Blythe
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV movie)
![Brian Oulton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762363_c38db6.jpg)
Brian Oulton
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Ferdy Mayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272652_dfd257.jpg)
Ferdy Mayne
German Empire
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Password is Courage (1962)
![Eunice Gayson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677389_8a7e41.jpg)
Eunice Gayson
UK
Best movies:
From Russia with Love (1963)
Dr. No (1962)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
![Jack Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819165_083634.jpg)
Jack Warner
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
![Esma Cannon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476787_d1f888.jpg)
Esma Cannon
Australia
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Contraband (1940)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
![Mona Washbourne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125757_d096a1.gif)
Mona Washbourne
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
![Dorothy Vernon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193789_f7dbda.jpg)
Dorothy Vernon
UK
Best movies:
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
![Jimmy Hanley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856411_4d97c7.jpg)
Jimmy Hanley
UK
Best movies:
![Cyril Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475991_75f944.jpg)
Cyril Chamberlain
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
![Olaf Pooley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383177_4e9147.jpg)
Olaf Pooley
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
![Fred Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/384/161384925_45d6af.jpg)
Fred Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Early Bird (1965)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
![Peter Illing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/388/161388185_a81d23.jpg)
Peter Illing
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
![Clive Morton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/436/161436434_798dee.jpg)
Clive Morton
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Richard III (1955)