Poet's Pub (1949)

Name: Poet's Pub
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Released: 1949-07-05
Duration: 79 min
Cast: Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice, John McLaren, Barbara Murray

Laughter on tap

A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.

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Released 1949-07-05 · 79 min · Comedy, Thriller

Directed by Frederick Wilson

Cast

Derek Bond as Saturday Keith
Rona Anderson as Joanna Benbow
James Robertson Justice as Prof. Benbow
John McLaren as Elmer Van Buren
Barbara Murray as Nelly Bly
Peter Croft as Quentin Cotton
Leslie Dwyer as Holly
Joyce Grenfell as Miss Horsefell-Hughes
Fabia Drake as Lady Mercy Cotton
Maurice Denham as PC Windle
Kay Cavendish as Jean Forbes
Andrew Osborn as Williams
Iris Hoey as Lady Keith