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Last Holiday

Guinness...The Great Lover!

7.3 / 10

88 minutes

1950-05-15

English

GB

Actors :

Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh, Grégoire Aslan, Jean Colin, Muriel George, Brian Worth, Esma Cannon, Bernard Lee, Sid James, Campbell Cotts, Moultrie Kelsall, Madam Kirkwood-Hackett, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Eric Maturin

Description

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.

Reviews

Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

11/16/2023, 8:49:18 AM

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 me, both near the end. Trying not to give much away, I will just say that the first problem involved ...