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?
Mervyn Johns
Rhys
Glynis Johns
Gwyneth
Sally Ann Howes
Joanna French
Françoise Rosay
Alice Meadows
Tom Walls
Capt. Meadows
Esmond Knight
David Davies
Guy Middleton
Fortescue
Valerie French
Jill White
Valerie White
Jill French
Richard Bird
Squadron Leader Richard French
Pat McGrath
Terence
Philippa Hiatt
Margaret
Roland Pertwee
Prison Governor
C. V. France
Mr Truscott - Solicitor
Eliot Makeham
George - Davies' Valet
John Boxer
Doctor
Rachel Thomas
Miss Morgan - Landlady
Joss Ambler
Pinsent
Jack Jones
Welsh Porter
Moses Jones
Welsh Porter
Director
Basil Dearden
Screenplay
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay
Diana Morgan
November 10, 2022
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When a group of weary travellers arrive at a rural inn, they immediately feel that something is amiss. It's run by "Rhys" (Mervyn Johns) and his (real life) daughter "Gwyneth" (Glynis Johns) who somewhat curiously never casts a shadow. The whole place looks like it's been stuck in a time-warp as the storm rages outside. Now, as the story develops we discover that each of the guests have their own skeletons in their closets, but the hostelry in which they shelter seems to be possessed with a sort of benevolence that manifests itself in different ways to help (nor not!). Made during the latter stages of the Second World War the story offers us a degree of poignant retrospective, paralleling some of the tales with the trauma many will have experienced during that conflict. It also features a charming and entertaining degree of chemistry between the father and daughter too. The individual stories themselves are maybe a bit too undercooked, but it has a decent cast of familiar British faces - Tom Walls and Esmond Knight amongst them - to deliver them solidly enough, and to help create a mysterious and poignant atmosphere for this quirky ninety minutes of wartime optimism.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00