Poet's Pub (1949)
Laughter on tap
A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.
- Date of release
- 1949-07-05
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Comedy, Thriller
- Director
- Frederick Wilson
Casting
- Derek Bond — Saturday Keith
- Rona Anderson — Joanna Benbow
- James Robertson Justice — Prof. Benbow
- John McLaren — Elmer Van Buren
- Barbara Murray — Nelly Bly
- Peter Croft — Quentin Cotton
- Leslie Dwyer — Holly
- Joyce Grenfell — Miss Horsefell-Hughes
- Fabia Drake — Lady Mercy Cotton
- Maurice Denham — PC Windle
- Kay Cavendish — Jean Forbes
- Andrew Osborn — Williams
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Poet's Pub is a 1949 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Derek Bond, Rona Anderson and James Robertson Justice. It was written by Diana Morgan based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Eric Linklater. The film was one of four of David Rawnsley's Aquila Films that used his "independent frame" technique.
Production
The film was made at Pinewood Studios. It features actors viewing a combined radiogram television receiver made by Alba in 1948.
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