The Halfway House (1944)
78 min
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?
- Release date
- April 2, 1944
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Mervyn Johns as Rhys
- Glynis Johns as Gwyneth - Rhys' Daughter
- Sally Ann Howes as Joanna French - Richard and Jill's Daughter
- Françoise Rosay as Alice Meadows
- Tom Walls as Capt. Meadows
- Esmond Knight as David Davies
- Guy Middleton as Captain Fortescue
- Valerie White as Jill French
- Richard Bird as Squadron Leader Richard French
- Pat McGrath as Terence
- Philippa Hiatt as Margaret
- Roland Pertwee as Prison Governor
- C.V. France as Mr Truscott - Solicitor
- Eliot Makeham as George - Davies' Valet
- John Boxer as Doctor
- Rachel Thomas as Miss Morgan - Landlady
- Joss Ambler as Pinsent
- Jack Jones as Welsh Porter
- Tom Walls as Captain Meadows
- Alfred Drayton as William Oakley
Crew
- Basil Dearden · Director
- Denis Ogden · Writer
- Angus MacPhail · Writer
- Diana Morgan · Writer
- Roland Pertwee · Writer
- Michael Balcon · Producer
- Lord Berners · Composer
- Wilkie Cooper · Cinematographer
- Sidney Cole · Editor
- Charles Hasse · Editor