Main Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin, Louis Sheldon Williams, John Gugolka
Release Year: 1967
Country: UK/US
Run Time: 105 minutes
Plot
Dirk Bogarde is a no-good rotter who returns to his family after several years' absence. Only his seven children are present to greet Bogarde as he enters his shabby London home, and they're somewhat vague as to the whereabouts of the mother. What Bogarde doesn't know is that his wife had died some time ago. The kids (including future stars Pamela Franklin and Mark Lester) decided amongst themselves that they didn't want to be broken up and sent to orphanages; thus, they secretly buried their mother and went on about their business, pretending that mom was still alive. Money-hungry Bogarde threatens this cozy set-up, leaving the children little recourse but to prepare a second grave. Our Mother's House was based on a novel by Julian Gloag; one of the screenwriters was Haya Harareet, who eight years earlier had been Charlton Heston's leading lady in Ben-Hur (59). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Mark Lester - Jiminee Hook; Sarah Nicholls - Gerty Hook; Yootha Joyce - Mrs. Quayle; Anthony Nicholls - Mr. Halbert; Annette Carell - Mother; Gerald Sim - Bank clerk; Edina Ronay - Doreen; Diana Ashley - Girl Friend; Garfield Morgan - Mr. Moley; Faith Kent - Woman client; John Arnatt - Man client
Credit
Reece Pemberton - Art Director, Roy Baird - Associate Producer, Zelda Barron - Continuity, Jack Clayton - Director, Tom Priestley - Editor, Martin Ransohoff - Executive Producer, Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score), Bill Lodge - Makeup, Dennis C. Lewiston - Camera Operator, Larry Pizer - Cinematographer, Jack Clayton - Producer, Ian Whittaker - Set Designer, Jeremy Brooks - Screenwriter, Haya Harareet - Screenwriter, Julian Gloag - Book Author
