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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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