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7.8/10   393 votes
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Director:
Henry Cass
Writer:
J.B. Priestley (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 November 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Guinness...The Great Lover!
Plot:
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. He decides... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

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Remade as Last Holiday (2006) more

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The Little Guy Lives It Up, 29 October 2003
10/10
Author: smithy-8 from New Jersey

This is Alec Guinness's first leading role in his first serious comedy. It has an original idea where an English clerk is erroneously told by the company doctor that he does not have long to live. So the clerk decides to take all the money that he saved and live it up at a ritzy resort hotel in England.

The people and the way they spoke in 1950 seem dated but the story rings true. It is a great story on people's behavior, good and bad. It is great to see Kay Walsh as his leading lady. Mr. Guinness and Ms. Walsh worked several times together and they made a great team.

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