

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

Gracie Fields
Gracie Pearson

Alfred Drayton
Belfer

Vivien Leigh
Marjorie Belfer
Douglas Wakefield
Joe Chirk
Billy Nelson
Alf Chirk
Harry Tate
Turnpenny
Huntley Wright
Ketley
Robb Wilton
Mayor

Morris Harvey
Rosenbloom

Maud Gill
Miss Canvey

Norman Walker
Brierley
Tommy Fields
Sidney Pearson
Helen Ferrers
Lady Buster

Kenneth Kove
Piano Assistant

Jack Melford
Journalist
D.J. Williams
Malpas

Frank Atkinson
Debt Collector

Florence Gregson
Mr. Pearson's Housekeeper

Arthur Hambling
Sam

James Harcourt
Mr. Pearson
Basil Dean
J. B. Priestley
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