The Halfway House

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?

Cast

Mervyn Johns

as Rhys

Glynis Johns

as Gwyneth

Sally Ann Howes

as Joanna French

Françoise Rosay

as Alice Meadows

Tom Walls

as Capt. Meadows

Esmond Knight

as David Davies

Guy Middleton

as Fortescue

Valerie White

as Jill French

Richard Bird

as Squadron Leader Richard French

Pat McGrath

as Terence

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