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Wikipedia article 'Saloon Bar' is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan and Mervyn Johns. It was made by Ealing Studios and its style has led to comparisons with the later Ealing Comedies, unlike other wartime Ealing films which are different in tone.Murphy p.209-210 The action takes place over one evening in the saloon bar of a London pub, just before Christmas. The regulars discuss the forthcoming execution for robbery and murder of the boyfriend of one of the barmaids. A pound note from the robbery is found in the till. Convinced of the condemned man's innocence they trace how the note came to be there and manage to unmask the true killer. It is based on the 1939 play of the same name by Frank Harvey in which Harker had also starred. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton. Plot An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution. Cast Gordon Harker as Joe Harris Elizabeth Allan as Queenie Mervyn Johns as Wickers Joyce Barbour as Sally Anna Konstam as Ivy Cyril Raymond as Harry Small Judy Campbell as Doris Al Millen as Fred Norman Pierce as Bill Hoskins Alec Clunes as Eddie Graves Mavis Villiers as Joan Felix Aylmer as Mayor O. B. Clarence as Sir Archibald Aubrey Dexter as Major Helena Pickard as Mrs Small Manning Whiley as Evangelist Laurence Kitchin as Peter Roddy Hughes as Doctor Gordon James as Jim Annie Esmond as Mrs. Truscott Eliot Makeham as Meek Man Roddy McDowall as Boy * Julie Suedo as Eleanor * Torin Thatcher as Mr. Garrod References ;Bibliography * Murphy, Robert. 'Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48'. Routledge, 1992.
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