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The Halfway House is a British film of genre Drama directed by Basil Dearden with Mervyn Johns

The Halfway House (1944)

The Halfway House
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Length 1h35
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Genres Drama,    Fantastic,    Fantasy,    Horror
Rating65% 3.295693.295693.295693.295693.29569

The Halfway House is a 1944 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Tom Walls, Françoise Rosay and Mervyn Johns (who appears with his own daughter, actress Glynis Johns). The film tells the story of ten people who are drawn to stay in an old hotel in a remote Welsh village. The film was shot at Barlynch Abbey on the Devon/Somerset border.

BFI Screenonline writes, "The high quality personnel involved and the tight, professional scripting mark the film out as one of the earliest templates of what would become the traditional Ealing style."

Synopsis

David Davies, un célèbre chef d'orchestre, apprend qu'il ne lui reste que trois mois à vivre et son médecin lui propose de faire un séjour à The Halfway House, un petit hôtel situé dans une partie isolée du Pays de Galles. Parallèlement, Richard French est également en route pour l'hôtel avec sa fille, Joanna, qui à son insu ses parents discuter de leur projet de divorce. À la gare, ils rencontrent un jeune couple, Terence et Margaret, et tous les quatre marchent ensemble jusqu'à l'hôtel. Se rendent également à l'hôtel William Oakley, un profiteur de guerre, et son ami le capitaine Fortesque, qui vient de refuser de travailler comme directeur de prison parce qu'il ne veut pas contribuer à l'effort de guerre.

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