Bank Holiday (film)

Bank Holiday (also known as Three on a Weekend) is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison.

Plot
On a 1930s bank holiday weekend, a number of people rush for trains to head to the seaside. They include:
 * an unmarried couple, nurse Catherine Lawrence and her boyfriend Geoffrey. Catherine is distracted by thoughts of Stephen Howard, widower of a patient who died in childbirth;
 * May and Arthur and their working-class family;
 * two female friends, Doreen and Milly, looking for romance and Doreen to win a beauty contest.

Cast

 * John Lodge as Stephen Howard
 * Margaret Lockwood as Catherine Lawrence
 * Hugh Williams as Geoffrey
 * Rene Ray as Doreen Richards
 * Merle Tottenham as Milly
 * Linden Travers as Ann Howard
 * Wally Patch as Arthur
 * Kathleen Harrison as May
 * Garry Marsh as 'Follies' manager
 * Jeanne Stuart as Miss Mayfair
 * Wilfrid Lawson as Police sergeant
 * Felix Aylmer as Surgeon
 * Leonard Sharp as Jack, the petrol pump attendant
 * Michael Rennie as Welsh Guardsman (uncredited)

Production
It was the third collaboration between Reed and Lockwood. Actor Michael Rennie appeared (uncredited) as a Welsh Guardsman in the film.

Reception
The film was popular and helped establish Carol Reed's reputation.

The Sunday Express called it "'one of the ablest pieces of picture-making to come out of a British studio."

Lockwood was voted third best actress of 1938 by the readers of Film Weekly.