It Happened in Leicester Square

It Happened in Leicester Square is a 1949 British film, written and directed by Geoffrey Benstead. The film stars Harry Tate Jr and Slim Allen as two men from Yorkshire who visit a billiard hall and music hall in London.[1]

It Happened in Leicester Square
Directed byGeoffrey J. Benstead
Written byGeoffrey J. Benstead
Produced byNorman Sharp
StarringHarry Tate Jr.
Slim Allen
Arthur Stott
Distributed byGeoffrey J. Benstead Productions
Release date
1949
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom

The original version was 53 minutes long and was given a "U" Certificate, indicating that it was suitable for children, on 22 March 1949.[2] The film was a commercial failure, and a re-edited version, some five minutes shorter, was released in 1951 as Hello London.[3]

The film featured appearances from a number of snooker and English billiards players: Joe Davis, Sidney Smith, Thelma Carpenter, Joyce Gardner, Con Stanbury, Herbert Holt and Jackie Rea.[1] David Quinlan described the film as a "Mercifully brief programme-filler."[4] It was dismissed as "a dull procession of variety acts" by Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane in their book The British 'B' Film.[3]

References
  1. "It Happened in Leicester Square (1949)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "It Happened in Leicester Square (1949)". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. Steve Chibnall; Brian McFarlane (7 October 2017). The British 'B' Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-84457-574-9. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. Quinlan, David (1984). British sound films : the studio years 1928-1959. London: B. T. Batsford. p. 221.


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