Time Gentlemen, Please!

Time Gentlemen Please!
Directed byLewis Gilbert
Written byVal Valentine
Peter Blackmore
Based onNothing to Lose by R.J. Minney
Produced byHerbert Mason
StarringEddie Byrne
Jane Barrett
Raymond Lovell
Sid James
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited byManuel del Campo
Music byAntony Hopkins
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé
Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley (US)
Release dates
  • July 1952 (1952-07) (UK)
  • 2 September 1953 (1953-09-02) (US)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Time Gentlemen, Please! is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Val Valentine and Peter Blackmore. The cast includes Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett and Raymond Lovell. It was produced by Group 3 Films with funding from the NFFC and distributed by ABPC. It was shot at Southall Studios and on location at Thaxted in Essex.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Michael Stringer. The film is based on the 1946 novel Nothing to Lose by R.J. Minney.

Apart from occasional scene location within the bar (not critical to the plot) the title of the film (a phrase used at closing time in British bars) is not explained.

Time Gentleman Please! was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom in July 1952.

  1. ^ "Time Gentlemen Please". Reel Streets. Retrieved 26 November 2019.