Saloon Bar
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | John Dighton (writer) Frank Harvey (play) Angus MacPhail (writer) |
| Produced by | Culley Forde (producer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
| Edited by | Ray Pitt |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Saloon Bar is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde. 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.[1] The action takes place over one evening in the saloon bar of a London pub, just before Christmas. The regulars discuss the forthcoming execution for robbery and murder of the boyfriend of one of the barmaids. A pound note from the robbery is found in the till. Convinced of the condemned man's innocence they trace how the note came to be there and manage to unmask the true killer.
It is based on the 1939 play of the same name by Frank Harvey in which Harker had also starred.
Premise
An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.[2]
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
References
- ^ Murphy p.209-210
- ^ "Saloon Bar". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- Bibliography
- Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.
External links
- Saloon Bar at IMDb
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