Bank Holiday (film)



Bank Holiday is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison.

Plot
On a 1930s Bank Holiday weekend, a number of people rush for trains to head to the seaside. They include:
 * an unmarried couple, nurse Catherine Lawrence and her boyfriend Geoffrey. Catherine is distracted by thoughts of Stephen Howard, widower of a patient who died in childbirth;
 * May and Arthur and their working class family;
 * two female friends looking for romance.

Cast

 * John Lodge as Stephen Howard
 * Margaret Lockwood as Catherine Lawrence
 * Hugh Williams as Geoffrey
 * Rene Ray as Doreen Richards
 * Merle Tottenham as Milly
 * Linden Travers as Ann Howard
 * Wally Patch as Arthur
 * Kathleen Harrison as May
 * Garry Marsh as 'Follies' manager
 * Jeanne Stuart as Miss Mayfair
 * Wilfrid Lawson as Police sergeant
 * Felix Aylmer as Surgeon
 * Leonard Sharp as Jack, the petrol pump attendant

Reception
The film was popular and helped establish Carol Reed's reputation.

Lockwood was voted third best actress of 1938 by the readers of Film Weekly.