The Common Touch
1941, English. Directed by John Baxter.
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 15 November 1941
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Herbert Ayres, Geoffrey Orme, Barbara K. Emary
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The Common Touch runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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The Common Touch isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 November 1941. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Common Touch?
The Common Touch (1941) was directed by John Baxter and stars Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt.