Last Holiday (1950)
Guinness...The Great Lover!
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
- Date of release
- 1950-05-15
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (57)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Henry Cass
Casting
- Alec Guinness — George Bird
- Beatrice Campbell — Sheila Rockingham
- Kay Walsh — Mrs. Poole
- Grégoire Aslan — Gambini
- Jean Colin — Daisy Clarence
- Muriel George — Lady Oswington
- Brian Worth — Derek Rockingham
- Esma Cannon — Miss Fox
- Bernard Lee — Inspector Wilton
- Sidney James — Joe Clarence
- Campbell Cotts — Bellinghurst
- Moultrie Kelsall — Sir Robert Kyle
Interesting facts
- Box office: £109.1K
Last Holiday is a 1950 British black comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Alec Guinness. It was written and co-produced by J. B. Priestley and co-written by an uncredited J. Lee Thompson.
Production
The film was produced at Welwyn Studios with location shots at Luton, Bedfordshire, shopping parade, and The Rosetor Hotel (now demolished), in Torquay, Devon.
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