Poet's Pub (1949)
British novelist Erik Linklater was well-represented in 1949, with adaptations of two of his best novels hitting the screen almost simultaneously. In Linklater's Poet's Pub, a rhyme-spinner named Saturday Keith (Derek Bond) assumes control of a rustic inn. All Keith wants is a little peace and quiet so that he can write his poems without interruption. Alas, his little Pub becomes a veritable Grand Central Station for a wide variety of eccentrics, ranging from absent-minded professors to bumbling crooks. Stealing the show is the peerless Joyce Grenfell as a toothy patroness of the arts. Poet's Pub has no real plot to speak of, just a series of vignettes unified by a central locale. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frederick Wilson
Synopsis of Poet's Pub
British novelist Erik Linklater was well-represented in 1949, with adaptations of two of his best novels hitting the screen almost simultaneously. In Linklater's Poet's Pub, a rhyme-spinner named Saturday Keith (Derek Bond) assumes control of a rustic inn. All Keith wants is a little peace and quiet so that he can write his poems without interruption. Alas, his little Pub becomes a veritable Grand Central Station for a wide variety of eccentrics, ranging from absent-minded professors to bumbling crooks. Stealing the show is the peerless Joyce Grenfell as a toothy patroness of the arts. Poet's Pub has no real plot to speak of, just a series of vignettes unified by a central locale. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Poet's Pub
- Derek Bond - Saturday Keith
- James Robertson Justice - Prof. Benbow
- Barbara Murray - Nelly Bly
- Leslie Dwyer - Holly
- Fabia Drake - Mercy Cotton
- Olwen Brookes
- Philip Stainton
- Dorothy Green
- Ann Codrington
- Andrew Osborn - Williams
- Geoffrey Dunn
- Roddy Hughes
- Rona Anderson - Joanna Benbow
- John McLaren - Van Buren
- Peter Croft - Quentin Cotton
- Joyce Grenfell - Miss Horsefell-Hughes
- Maurice Denham - Constable
- Arthur Lowe
- Leslie Weston
- Joan Sterndale-Bennett
- Anthony Steel
- Sam Kydd
- Iris Hoey - Lady Keith
- Alexander Field
- Director(s):
- Frederick Wilson
- Writer(s):
- Diana Morgan
- Producer(s):
- Donald B. Wilson
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