The Halfway House (1944)

04/02/1944Mystery, Drama, Fantasy1h 35m
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A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

Top Billed Cast

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    Mervyn Johns

    Rhys

  2. Cast 1

    Glynis Johns

    Gwyneth

  3. Cast 1

    Sally Ann Howes

    Joanna French

  4. Cast 1

    Françoise Rosay

    Alice Meadows

  5. Cast 1

    Tom Walls

    Capt. Meadows

  6. Cast 1

    Esmond Knight

    David Davies

  7. Cast 1

    Guy Middleton

    Fortescue

  8. Cast 1

    Valerie White

    Jill French

  9. Cast 1

    Richard Bird

    Squadron Leader Richard French

When a group of weary travellers arrive at a rural inn, they immediately feel that something is amiss. It's run by "Rhys" (Mervyn Johns) and his (real life) daughter "Gwyneth" (Glynis Johns) who somewhat curiously never casts a shadow. The whole place looks like it's been stuck in a time-warp as the storm rages outside. Now, as the story develops we discover that each of the guests have their own skeletons in their closets, but the hostelry in which they shelter seems to be possessed with a sort of benevolence that manifests itself in different ways to help (nor not!). Made during the latter s...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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