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MysteryThrillerDrama

So Long at the Fair

- Paris ! ... city of love and intrigue ... scene of the most fascinating mystery ever filmed !

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.

Release Date : 1950-05-31

Language :FrenchEnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gainsborough Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jean Simmons

Character Name : Vicky Barton

Original Name : Jean Simmons

Gender : Female

Dirk Bogarde

Character Name : George Hathaway

Original Name : Dirk Bogarde

Gender : Male

David Tomlinson

Character Name : Johnny Barton

Original Name : David Tomlinson

Gender : Male

Marcel Poncin

Character Name : Narcisse

Original Name : Marcel Poncin

Gender : Male

Cathleen Nesbitt

Character Name : Madame Hervé

Original Name : Cathleen Nesbitt

Gender : Female

Honor Blackman

Character Name : Rhoda O'Donovan

Original Name : Honor Blackman

Gender : Female

Zena Marshall

Character Name : Nina

Original Name : Zena Marshall

Gender : Female

André Morell

Character Name : Doctor Hart

Original Name : André Morell

Gender : Male

Betty Warren

Character Name : Mrs. O'Donovan

Original Name : Betty Warren

Gender : Female

Eugene Deckers

Character Name : Day Porter

Original Name : Eugene Deckers

Gender : Male

Felix Aylmer

Character Name : British Consul

Original Name : Felix Aylmer

Gender : Male

Austin Trevor

Character Name : Police Commissaire

Original Name : Austin Trevor

Gender : Male

Natasha Sokolova

Character Name : Charlotte

Original Name : Natasha Sokolova

Gender : Male

Nelly Arno

Character Name : Madame Verni

Original Name : Nelly Arno

Gender : Male

Michael Ward

Character Name : Pilkington

Original Name : Michael Ward

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-27

This is a cleverly constructed thriller featuring an on form Jean Simmons as the naive girl holidaying with her brother "Johnny" (David Tomlinson) in Paris at the time of the Great Exposition. Things take quite a mysterious turn on their first morning when not only has her brother disappeared - but so, too, has his hotel room! In the best tradition of "the Lady Vanishes" (1938), nobody in the hotel - staff or guest - recalls ever having seen him and she is widely suspected of being either mad, or just a chancer hoping to avoid paying her bill... It is only the timely intervention of Honor Blackman's ("Rhoda") who attempts to return fifty francs that her friend "George" (Dirk Bogarde) borrowed from the missing man the night before, that she begins to get her head together and enlisting painter "George" to help, they must get to the bottom of things. Aside from the ending, which is poor in the overall context of the film, this is a good looking, well paced drama with a good cast, decent writing and some lovely Parisian scenarios to maintain the intrigue well. Simmons plays her part mixing the initial joy and enthusiasm of a young girl in Paris with that of the sister terrified for her brother, and for her own sanity really well. It is well worth a watch, this one.