Last Holiday
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
Director(s)
Henry Cass
John Arnold
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
I found this movie to be entertaining at least for 3/4 of the way, before it started to go south on me. The writing is good and the dialogue realistic, and the people the hero meets as he continues his adventure are varied and intriguing. But there are two developments that ruined the movie for me, both near the end. Trying not to give much away, I will just say that the first problem involved a huge coincidence involving a new guest at the hotel. I mean, what are the odds, you might ask yourself as you watch it. It could have survived that unlikely coincidence if left on its own, but then there came a point when suddenly I knew how it was going to end and I thought, “Surely not!” But yes, the reversal at the end that I suppose was to provide karma and balance instead seemed to me to be amateurish and, as noted a moment ago, horrifyingly predictable. Oh well.
Last Holiday FAQs
The directors of Last Holiday are Henry Cass and John Arnold.
The cast of Last Holiday includes Bernard Lee as Inspector Wilton, Arthur Howard as Burden, Peter Jones as Travel Agent, Charles Lloyd Pack as Bank Cashier, Grégoire Aslan as Gambini, Brian Oulton as Prescott, George Spence as Patient in Clinic Waiting Room (uncredited), Alec Guinness as George Bird, Brian Worth as Derek Rockingham, Ernest Thesiger as Sir Trevor Lampington, Campbell Cotts as Bellinghurst, Wilfrid Hyde-White as Chalfont, and more.
The duration of Last Holiday is 1h 28 mins.
Last Holiday was released on 15 May 1950.
Last Holiday is listed under Comedy and Drama on Fanbiz.
Last Holiday has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 10.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I found this movie to be entertaining at least for 3/4 of the way, before it started to go south on me. The writing is good and the dialogue realistic, and the people the hero m..."
