Saloon Bar
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| Saloon Bar | |
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Produced by | Culley Forde (producer) |
| Written by | John Dighton (writer) Frank Harvey (play) Angus MacPhail (writer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
| Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
| Editing by | Ray Pitt |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Saloon Bar is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde[1]. It was made by Ealing Studios and its style has led to comparisons with the later Ealing Comedies, unlike other wartime Ealing films which are different in tone.[2]
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[edit] Plot summary
An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.[3]
[edit] Differences from play
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[edit] Cast
- Gordon Harker as Joe Harris
- Elizabeth Allan as Queenie
- Mervyn Johns as Wickers
- Joyce Barbour as Sally
- Anna Konstam as Ivy
- Cyril Raymond as Harry Small
- Judy Campbell as Doris
- Al Millen as Fred
- Norman Pierce as Bill Hoskins
- Alec Clunes as Eddie Graves
- Mavis Villiers as Joan
- Felix Aylmer as Mayor
- O. B. Clarence as Sir Archibald
- Aubrey Dexter as Major
- Helena Pickard as Mrs Small
- Manning Whiley as Evangelist
- Laurence Kitchin as Peter
- Roddy Hughes as Doctor
- Gordon James as Jim
- Annie Esmond as Mrs. Truscott
- Eliot Makeham as Meek Man
- Roddy McDowall as Boy
[edit] Soundtrack
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033016/
- ^ Murphy p.209-210
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49285
[edit] Bibliography
- Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.
[edit] External links
- Saloon Bar at the Internet Movie Database
- Saloon Bar is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
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