Last Holiday
Guinness...The Great Lover!
1950 | 88m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Henry Cass |
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| Writer: | J. B. Priestley |
| Staring: |
| George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday. | |
| Release Date: | May 15, 1950 |
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| Director: | Henry Cass |
| Writer: | J. B. Priestley |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | holiday, upper class, hotel, resort, wrong diagnosis |
| Production Companies | Associated British Picture Corporation, Watergate |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alec Guinness | George Bird |
| Beatrice Campbell | Sheila Rockingham |
| Kay Walsh | Mrs. Poole |
| Grégoire Aslan | Gambini |
| Jean Colin | Daisy Clarence |
| Muriel George | Lady Oswington |
| Brian Worth | Derek Rockingham |
| Esma Cannon | Miss Fox |
| Bernard Lee | Inspector Wilton |
| Sid James | Joe Clarence |
| Campbell Cotts | Bellinghurst |
| Moultrie Kelsall | Sir Robert Kyle |
| Madam Kirkwood-Hackett | Miss Hatfield |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | Chalfont |
| Eric Maturin | Wrexham |
| Helen Cherry | Miss Mellows |
| Harry Hutchinson | Michael the Waiter |
| Hal Osmond | Trade Union Man |
| Brian Oulton | Prescott |
| Ernest Thesiger | Sir Trevor Lampington |
| Heather Wilde | Maggie the Maid |
| Ronald Simpson | Dr. Pevensey |
| Arthur Howard | Burden |
| Leslie Weston | William the Waiter |
| Lockwood West | Dinsdale |
| David McCallum Sr. | Blind Fiddler |
| Meier Tzelniker | Baltin |
| John Charlesworth | |
| Alexander Field | Patient in Clinic Waiting Room |
| Peter Jones | Travel Agent |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | Bank Cashier |
| Raymond Rollett | Doctor in Hotel |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Henry Cass | Director |
| J. B. Priestley | Writer |
| Francis Chagrin | Original Music Composer |
| Ray Elton | Director of Photography |
| Monica Kimick | Editor |
| John Redway | Casting |
| Duncan Sutherland | Art Direction |
| Ann Wemyss | Costume Design |
| Doris Pollard | Hairstylist |
| Victor Wark | Production Manager |
| John Arnold | Assistant Director |
| Harry Benson | Sound |
| Bob Clark | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stephen Mitchell | Producer |
| A.D. Peters | Producer |
| J. B. Priestley | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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I found this movie to be entertaining at least for 3/4 of the way, before it started to go south on me. The writing is good and the dialogue realistic, and the people the hero meets as he continues his adventure are varied and intriguing. But there are two developments that ruined the movie for m ... e, both near the end. Trying not to give much away, I will just say that the first problem involved a huge coincidence involving a new guest at the hotel. I mean, what are the odds, you might ask yourself as you watch it. It could have survived that unlikely coincidence if left on its own, but then there came a point when suddenly I knew how it was going to end and I thought, “Surely not!” But yes, the reversal at the end that I suppose was to provide karma and balance instead seemed to me to be amateurish and, as noted a moment ago, horrifyingly predictable. Oh well.