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Poet's Pub

Poet's Pub

7,2 /10 (6 Votes)
1949 EN 79 min

Overview

A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.

Release date

05/07/1949

Votes

6

Popularity

0.9

Laughter on tap

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

79 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-04-16

⭐ 6

This opens up with a quite a fun exchange between poet "Saturday Keith" (Derek Bond) - "Frankly, sir, I'm lost for words" and literary critic "Prof. Benbow" (James Robertson Justice) - "I know, sir, I've read your works..." that rather sets the tone for this light-hearted post-war comedy set in a rustic inn that is struggling to make ends meet. The not-so-hot poet is, rather imprudently, made the manager of this establishment and as he gradually falls for "Joanna" (Rona Anderson) - the daughter of his nemesis - what ensues is a rather entertainingly prickly love story that also finds itself em…

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