| Quiet Weekend | |
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| Directed by | Harold French |
| Written by | Victor Skutezky Stephen Black T. J. Morrison Warwick Ward |
| Based on | the play Quiet Weekend by Esther McCracken |
| Produced by | Warwick Ward |
| Starring | Derek Farr Frank Cellier Marjorie Fielding George Thorpe Barbara White |
| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
| Music by | Charles Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pathe Pictures Ltd |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £184,082 (UK)[1] |
Quiet Weekend is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Derek Farr, Frank Cellier, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe and Barbara White. A family try to relax during a weekend holiday in the country.[2] It was a sequel to the 1941 film Quiet Wedding, with several of the actors reprising their roles. It was based on the long running 1941 West End play Quiet Weekend and shot at Welwyn Studios, Welwyn Garden City and Berkshire.[3][4][2]
Director Harold French called it "pleasant enough in its silly way".[5]
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000
- ^ a b QUIET WEEK END (1946) Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Reelstreets | Quiet Weekend". www.reelstreets.com. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
- ^ mcFarlane, Brian (1997). An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it. Metheun. p. 213.