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Bank Holiday

6.2(15)19381h 26m1

A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty contest, Geoffrey and Catherine are having an illicit weekend in the Grand Hotel and May and the kids are set for a more straightforward holiday of sea, sand, and pub. Meanwhile, the manager and performers on the pier are praying for rain.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • hotel
  • beach
  • nurse
  • holiday
  • romance
  • brighton, england
  • hospital
  • pier
  • seaside

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Director

Carol Reed

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Jun 1938
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG27 Jan 1938

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Bank Holiday was released on 27 January 1938.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    6/20/2022

    6/10

    I wasn't around in 1938 (neither were my folks), but I can still recognise much of the sentiment of this film as the British obsession with the seaside is demonstrated, warts and all, in this lightly comedic assessment of our buckets and spade escapades at the weekend (sun shining or not!). Carol Reed has a couple of different familial examples for us to follow, the principals being the gorgeous Margaret Lockwood ("C…

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