Tuesday 20 June 2023

Saloon Bar (1940 Walter Forde)

Somewhat rummy and dated, cheap comedy-thriller from Ealing (Michael Balcon) set in titular establishment where locals try to solve murder mystery.

Gordon Harker, Mervyn Johns, Elizabeth Allan, Joyce Barbour, Anna Konstam, Cyril Raymond (Brief Encounter), Alec Clunes, Felix Aylmer. Q spotted young Roddy McDowall as one of the annoying (not to mention mercenary) carol singers.




Photographed by Ronald Neame. Written by Angus MacPhail and John Dighton from Frank Harvey play.

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