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27/01/1938 Comedy, Drama 1h 26m
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Overview

A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty contest, Geoffrey and Catherine are having an illicit weekend in the Grand Hotel and May and the kids are set for a more straightforward holiday of sea, sand, and pub. Meanwhile, the manager and performers on the pier are praying for rain.

  1. Rodney Ackland

    Writer

  2. Roger Burford

    Writer

  3. Carol Reed

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Lodge

    Stephen Howard

  2. Margaret Lockwood

    Catherine Lawrence

  3. Hugh Williams

    Geoffrey

  4. Rène Ray

    Doreen Richards

  5. Merle Tottenham

    Milly

  6. Linden Travers

    Ann Howard

  7. Wally Patch

    Arthur

  8. Kathleen Harrison

    May

  9. Garry Marsh

    Follies Manager

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20
I wasn't around in 1938 (neither were my folks), but I can still recognise much of the sentiment of this film as the British obsession with the seaside is demonstrated, warts and all, in this lightly comedic assessment of our buckets and spade escapades at the weekend (sun shining or not!). Carol Reed has a couple of different familial examples for us to follow, the principals being the gorgeous Margaret Lockwood ("Catherine") and her beau "Geoffrey" (Hugh Williams), but we also have a young girl traveling to be in a beauty contest, and a family with three kids and a dad who just wants to find...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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