Last Holiday

"Guinness...The Great Lover!"

Nov 13 1950 Not Rated 1h 28m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

George Bird's rather lonely, anonymous existence as an underappreciated seller of farm machinery is jarred when his physician informs him that he is suffering from the rare malady Lampington's Disease, and only has a few weeks to live. Believing he has nothing to lose, Bird resigns his position and withdraws his modest life savings in order to spend his remaining time in a "posh" seaside resort. There he keeps his own counsel about his condition and meets people who live in a world he could never have imagined existed. Incredibly, he finds personal and professional opportunities now open to him that that he never dreamed would be his, but unfortunately, he is no position to take advantage of them, until fate lends a hand.

Written by

J.B. Priestley, J. Lee Thompson

Directed by

Henry Cass

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Associated British Picture Corporation, Watergate

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,209
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA