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 the previous scenes, we see the events that led them there. In Cardiff, David Davies, a famous orchestral 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 the service, is released. In a Welsh port, merchant captain Harry Meadows and his wife Alice quarrel about their deceased son, a victim of a U-boat attack. Black marketeer Oakley departs from London for some fishing, while Margaret and her Irish fiancé Terence take a train from Bristol. Margaret and Terence face the end of their relationship when Terence accepts a diplomatic post in Berlin.
More details
author | Angus MacPhail Diana Morgan Roland Pertwee |
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contentLocation | London |
director | Basil Dearden |
editor | Charles Hasse |
events | World War II |
genre | drama fantasy |
keywords | air raid armed forces back in time black marketeer end expel fish halfway house help radio broadcast séance serve young daughter |
musicBy | Lord Berners |
producer | Michael Balcon |
productionCompany | Ealing Studios |
publisher | Associated British Film Distributors |
theme | time war |