Saloon Bar (1940)

Directed by

Walter Forde

Genre

mystery film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a London pub, a group of regulars try to solve a murder to save an innocent man from execution. The story follows an amateur detective as he races against time to find the real killer.

wittylight-heartedbriskquirkycleversuspensefulold-fashioned

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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