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The Halfway House
Half-Way House, The (1944) (USA:
alternative spelling)
Halfway House (1944)
(UK, 1944)
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Drama/Mystery, 95 min, B/W
Directed by:
Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden
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 (Mervyn Johns and his real life daughter Glynis Johns). Why are all the newspapers a year old ? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow ?
Pleasant but low-key fantasy of disparate people brought together at mysterious country inn run by quiet but all-seeing Johns and his daughter.
Richard Bird puts Valerie White across his knee and spanks her behind with the bristled side of a large bath brush. 5 spanks are administered on screen and several more are heard.
Cast (in credits order)verified as
complete
Mervyn Johns.... Rhys
Glynis Johns.... Gwyneth
Sally Ann Howes.... Joanna French
Richard Bird.... Richard French
Valerie White.... Jill French
Françoise Rosay.... Alice Meadows
Tom Walls.... Captain Harry Meadows
Guy Middleton.... Captain Fortescue
Alfred Drayton.... William Oakley
Esmond Knight.... David Davies
Philippa Hiatt.... Margaret
Pat McGrath.... Terence
John Boxer.... John, Davies' doctor
Roland Pertwee.... Prison governor
Eliot Makeham.... George, Davies' valet
C.V. France.... Mr. Truscott, solicitor
Rachel Thomas.... Miss Morgan, Meadows' landlady
Joss Ambler.... Pinsent
Jack Jones.... Welsh Porter
Moses Jones.... Welsh Porter
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Alberto Cavalcanti
Writing credits
Denis Ogden (play The Peaceful Inn)
Angus MacPhail &
Diana Morgan and
Roland Pertwee script contributor &
T.E.B. Clarke script contributor
Produced by
Michael Balcon.... producer
Alberto Cavalcanti.... associate producer (as Cavalcanti)
Original Music by
Lord Berners
Cinematography by
Wilkie Cooper
Film Editing by
Charles Hasse
Art Direction by
Michael Relph
Costume Design by
Bianca Mosca
Production Management
Hal Mason.... production manager
Jack Rix.... unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Micky McCarthy.... assistant director
Art Department
Jim Morahan.... assistant art director
Sound Department
Len Page.... sound recordist
Eric Williams.... sound supervisor
Peter Davies.... dubbing sound camera
Special Effects by
Roy Kellino.... special effects
Other crew
Sidney Cole.... supervising editor
Ernest Irving.... musical director
Manny Yospa.... focus puller
Crew believed to be complete
Production Companies
Ealing Studios
Distributors
A.F.E. Corporation (1945) (USA)
Associated British Film Distributors Ltd. (ABFD)
Also Known As:
Halfway House
The Half-Way House (USA) (alternative spelling)
Runtime: 95 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White
