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Poet's Pub is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Derek Bond, Rona Anderson and James Robertson Justice. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Eric Linklater.
Poet's Pub is a 1929 comedy novel by the British writer Eric Linklater. An aspiring poet is hired by his friend's mother to run a large inn she has acquired. In 1935 it was one of the original ten Penguin Paperbacks to be published.
Poet's Pub: Directed by Frederick Wilson. With Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice, John McLaren. A struggling young poet in love manages a country inn, and thwarts a kidnapping attempt.
- (138)
- Comedy, Thriller
- Frederick Wilson
- 1950-06-23
Jul 21, 2018 · A struggling poet from Oxford takes over a failing innand pub in the English countryside.
- 76 min
- 143.1K
- Greatest Classic Movies
May 29, 2012 · When an Oxford poet named Saturday Keith assumes control of the Pelican Pub, what he desires most is the peace and freedom to craft his poems without being disturbed. This is the least of what happens, for the local watering hole soon becomes an out-and-out attraction for various eccentric characters ranging from uncouth rogues to members of ...
- Eric Linklater
Poet's Pub is the charming story of a pub, the Pelican in the fictional village of Downish, England. It is run by a some what average poet, Saturday Keith. So named because his mother had had six other children, each born on a different day of the week except Saturday.
- (145)
- Hardcover
- Eric Linklater
Derek Bond, ex-university champion rower, ex-RAF pilot and aspiring poet winds up the manager of a rural pub and gently woos Rona Anderson, daughter of John Robertson Justice, eminent professor and literary critic in this amusing screen adaptation of Eric Linklater's novel.
