Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)

Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.

Date of release
1952-07-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Lewis Gilbert

Casting

Interesting facts

Time Gentlemen, Please! is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett and Raymond Lovell. The screenplay was by Val Valentine and Peter Blackmore based on the 1946 novel Nothing to Lose by R.J. Minney. It was produced by Group 3 Films with funding from the NFFC and distributed by ABPC.

Production

It was the third film from Group 3 Films and was shot under the title Nothing to Lose. John Grierson head of Group 3 said it was "gentle nose thumbing" and hoped it could be as good as The Digger's Daughter or The Baker's Wife. The film's sets were designed by the art director Michael Stringer. It was shot at Southall Studios and on location at Thaxted in Essex.

Filming started September 1951.Part of the finance came from two rubber merchants, Colonels Weil and Prior.

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