Last Holiday is a 1950 British black comedy film, featuring Alec Guinness in his sixth starring role. The low key, black comedy was written and co-produced by J. B. Priestley and directed by Henry Cass, featuring irony and wit often associated with Priestley. Shooting locations included Bedfordshire and Devon. The film was co-written by an uncredited J. Lee Thompson.
Alec Guinness as George Bird and Helen Cherry as Miss Mellows
John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
J. B. Priestley at work in the study at his home in Highgate, London
Statue outside the National Media Museum
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Priestley's ashes were buried in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Hubberholme in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.