The Halfway House
The Halfway House is a 1944 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Mervyn Johns, his daughter Glynis Johns, Tom Walls and Françoise Rosay. The film tells the story of ten people who are drawn to stay in an old Welsh countryside inn. Location scenes were shot at Barlynch Priory on the Devon/Somerset border.
Plot
During World War II, various people converge on the Halfway House, an inn in the Welsh countryside. In flashback, we see the events that led them there. In Cardiff, David Davies, a famous orchestra conductor, is advised by his doctor to cancel a tour and rest. In London, Richard French and his wife Jill argue over their young daughter Joanna, who overhears them from outside discussing divorce. At Parkmoor Prison, Captain Fortescue, a thief expelled from service, is released. In a Welsh port, merchant captain Harry Meadows and his wife Alice quarrel about their deceased son, a victim of the U-boats. Black marketeer Oakley departs from London for some fishing, while Margaret and her Irish fiancé Terence take a train from Bristol.
More details
author | Angus MacPhail Diana Morgan |
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contentLocation | London |
director | Basil Dearden |
editor | Charles Hasse |
events | World War II |
genre | drama fantasy |
keywords | air raid back in time black marketeer break expel fish halfway house help orchestra conductor radio broadcast séance serve young daughter |
musicBy | Lord Berners |
producer | Michael Balcon |
productionCompany | Ealing Studios |
publisher | Associated British Film Distributors |
theme | time war |