Saloon Bar
Feature film · 76 min · dir. Walter Forde
Something more than just a thriller!
- Thriller
Synopsis
Saloon Bar is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan and Mervyn Johns. 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. It is based on the 1939 play of the same name by Frank Harvey in which Harker had also starred. An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Walter Forde
- Writer
- Angus MacPhail
- Cinematography
- Ronald Neame
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Released
- 1940-11-02
- Running time
- 76 minutes
Cast & crew
Walter Forde Director
Gordon Harker
Elizabeth Allan
Mervyn Johns
Joyce Barbour
Anna Konstam
Cyril Raymond
Judy Campbell- Al Millen
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Saloon bar · kev12349301 · 2024-09-12
Brilliantly written film - funny and warm hearted whilst being surprisingly open about the world of the demi-monde.
★★★★ · Great Little Mystery · Poohbah70 · 2019-06-20
I have to agree with the IMDB description of the film and the viewer comments. Might be a little hard for non-Brits to follow the rapid speech patterns and the English accents - buy its not hard to follow the action - and, if you listen attentively, eventually the speech and accents come into focus. Excellent for the kind of ensemble work seen so often in British films - each actor adds some drama as well as some comedy - the actors play off each other as if we were watching the real thing. Well worth the viewing time
