Last Holiday (1950 film)

Last Holiday is a 1950 British film featuring Alec Guinness in his sixth starring role. The lowkey, dark comedy was written and coproduced by J. B. Priestley and directed by Henry Cass, featuring irony and wit often associated with Priestley.

Birds unassuming attitude generates a great deal of interest among the hotels residents. He is seen as an enigma to be solved, with wild speculations offered as to his identity and possible noble lineage. The hotels housekeeper Walsh guesses the truth, and Bird confides his secret to her. Bird quickly acquires friends and influence, falls in love possibly for the first time in his life, sets wrongs to right, and is offered lucrative business opportunities. But these successes only serve to make him reflect on the irony that he will have no time to enjoy them.During a strike by the hotels staff, Bird comes into contact with Sir Trevor Lampington Thesiger, the namesake of the disease which overshadows his recently found happiness. Lampington insists that Bird cannot possibly have the disease. During a trip back to his home town, Bird confirms that he indeed was given the wrong diagnosis. Overjoyed, he is ready to begin life afresh with his new sweetheart, friends and business opportunities. In a twist ending, however, he is killed in a car accident on the way back to the hotel. The hotel guests, having learned the truth about Birds identity and misdiagnosis, quickly begin to cast aspersions on him, but are interrupted with the news that he has died. ........

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