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Director
  
Carol Reed

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
UK

Bank Holiday (film) movie poster

Writer
  
Hans Wilhelm
,
Rodney Ackland

Release date
  
June 1, 1938 (1938-06-01) (USA)

Bank Holiday (also known as Three on a Weekend) is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison.

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Bank holiday on killiney beach 1937


Plot

On a 1930s Bank Holiday weekend, a number of people rush for trains to head to the seaside. They include:

  • an unmarried couple, nurse Catherine Lawrence and her boyfriend Geoffrey. Catherine is distracted by thoughts of Stephen Howard, widower of a patient who died in childbirth;
  • May and Arthur and their working class family;
  • two female friends looking for romance.

    • Cast

  • John Lodge as Stephen Howard
  • Margaret Lockwood as Catherine Lawrence
  • Hugh Williams as Geoffrey
  • Rene Ray as Doreen Richards
  • Merle Tottenham as Milly
  • Linden Travers as Ann Howard
  • Wally Patch as Arthur
  • Kathleen Harrison as May
  • Garry Marsh as 'Follies' manager
  • Jeanne Stuart as Miss Mayfair
  • Wilfrid Lawson as Police sergeant
  • Felix Aylmer as Surgeon
  • Leonard Sharp as Jack, the petrol pump attendant

    • Reception

    The film was popular and helped establish Carol Reed's reputation.

    The Sunday Express called it "'one of the ablest pieces of picture-making to come out of a British studio."

    Lockwood was voted third best actress of 1938 by the readers of Film Weekly.

    References

    Bank Holiday (film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Bank Holiday (film) IMDb Bank Holiday (film) themoviedb.org


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