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The Halfway House

1944-04-02 Mystery 1hr 35m

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

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The Halfway House

Storyline

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

  • Released
    1944-04-02
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 35m
  • Genre
    Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Cymraeg
  • imdb-logo
    6.6
  • Production
    Ealing Studios

Crew

Basil Dearden
Director
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay
Michael Balcon
Producer
Keywords:
wales world war ii supernatural black and white spirit

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Cast

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns
Rhys
Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns
Gwyneth
Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes
Joanna French
Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay
Alice Meadows
Tom Walls

Tom Walls
Capt. Meadows
Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight
David Davies
Guy Middleton

Guy Middleton
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Valerie French

Valerie French
Jill White
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Jill French
Richard Bird

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Squadron Leader Richard French
Pat McGrath

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Philippa Hiatt

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Roland Pertwee

Roland Pertwee
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C. V. France

C. V. France
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Eliot Makeham

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Miss Morgan - Landlady
Joss Ambler

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-10

When a group of weary travellers arrive at a rural inn, they immediately feel that something is amiss. It's run by "Rhys" (Mervyn Johns) and... read more

When a group of weary travellers arrive at a rural inn, they immediately feel that something is amiss. It's run by "Rhys" (Mervyn Johns) and his (real life) daughter "Gwyneth" (Glynis Johns) who somewhat curiously never casts a shadow. The whole place looks like it's been stuck in a time-warp as the storm rages outside. Now, as the story develops we discover that each of the guests have their own skeletons in their closets, but the hostelry in which they shelter seems to be possessed with a sort of benevolence that manifests itself in different ways to help (nor not!). Made during the latter stages of the Second World War the story offers us a degree of poignant retrospective, paralleling some of the tales with the trauma many will have experienced during that conflict. It also features a charming and entertaining degree of chemistry between the father and daughter too. The individual stories themselves are maybe a bit too undercooked, but it has a decent cast of familiar British faces - Tom Walls and Esmond Knight amongst them - to deliver them solidly enough, and to help create a mysterious and poignant atmosphere for this quirky ninety minutes of wartime optimism.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

When a group of weary travellers arrive at a rural inn, they immediately feel that something is amiss. It's run by "Rhys" (Mervyn Johns) and his (real life) daughter "Gwyneth" (Glynis Johns) who somewhat curiously never casts a shadow. The ...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-10

When a group of weary travellers arrive at a rural inn, they immediately feel that something is amiss. It's run by "Rhys" (Mervyn Johns) and his (real life) daughter "Gwyneth" (Glynis Johns) who somew...

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