Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
1h 22m
Running Time
July 1, 1952Release Date
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
1h 22m
Running Time
July 1, 1952Release Date
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Plot.
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
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Cast & Crew.
Eddie Byrne
Dan Dance
Jane Barrett
Sally
Sid James
Eric Hace
Robert Brown
Bill Jordan
Hermione Baddeley
Emma Stebbins
Raymond Lovell
Sir Digby Montague
Lewis Gilbert
Director
Thora Hird
Alice Crouch
R. J. Minney
Writer
Marianne Stone
Mrs Pincer
Val Valentine
Writer
Peter Blackmore
Writer
Marjorie Rhodes
Miss Mouncey
Dora Bryan
Peggy Stebbins
Herbert Mason
Producer
Ivor Barnard
Timothy Crouch
Antony Hopkins
Composer
Edie Martin
Mary Wade
Joan Young
Mrs. Round
Sydney Tafler
Joseph Spink
Patrick McAlinney
Rev. Soater
Julian D'Albie
George Burton
Nigel Clarke
Rev. Simpson
Henry B. Longhurst
P.C. Tumball
Peter Jones
Lionel Batts
Peter Swanwick
Jeremiah Higgins
Thomas Gallagher
Bob Cannon
Freda Bamford
Mabel
Ian Carmichael
P.R.O.
Brian Roper
Cyril
Harry Herbert
Tramp
Jack May
Man with Ear-trumpet
Toke Townley
Potman
Tristan Rawson
Dr. Hawkes
Donovan Winter
Hairdresser
Sheila Aza
Manicurist
Julie Milton
Manor House Maid
Michael Edmonds
Freckles
Cora Bennett
P.R.O.'s Secretary
Audrey Noble
Spink's Secretary
Virginia Winter
Vicarage Maid
Neil Gemmell
Heckler
Helen Boursnell
P.C. Tumball's Little Girl
Chick Fowles
Fireman (uncredited)
George Spence
Townsman (uncredited)
Denis Johnson
Assistant Director
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Wiki.
Time Gentlemen, Please! is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Val Valentine and Peter Blackmore. The cast includes Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett and Raymond Lovell. It was produced by Group 3 Films with funding from the NFFC and distributed by ABPC. It was shot at Southall Studios and on location at Thaxted in Essex. The film's sets were designed by the art director Michael Stringer. The film is based on the 1946 novel Nothing to Lose by R.J. Minney.
Apart from occasional scene location within the bar (not critical to the plot) the title of the film (a phrase used at closing time in British bars) is not explained.
Time Gentleman Please! was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom in July 1952.