Bank Holiday
Directed by	Carol Reed
Written by	Rodney Ackland Roger Burford
Based on	story by Hans Wilhelm Rodney Ackland
Produced by	Edward Black
Starring	John Lodge Margaret Lockwood Hugh Williams
Cinematography	Arthur Crabtree
Edited by	R. E. Dearing
Music by	Louis Levy
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Release date	27 January 1938 (1938-01-27)
Running time	86 minutes 81 minutes (censored)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.^[1]

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 Guardsman (uncredited)

Production

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

Reception

The film was popular and helped establish Carol Reed's reputation.^[2]

The Sunday Express called it "'one of the ablest pieces of picture-making to come out of a British studio."^[3]

Lockwood was voted third best actress of 1938 by the readers of Film Weekly.^[4]