Rush Hour (1941 film)

Rush Hour
Title screenshot
Directed by	Anthony Asquith
Produced by	Edward Black
Written by	Rodney Ackland Arthur Boys
Starring	Muriel George Hay Petrie
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Distributed by	Ministry of Information
Release dates	December 1941 (1941-12)
Running time	6 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Rush Hour is a 1941 British Public Information short film made by the wartime Ministry of Information, and designed to pass on an important message to cinemagoers in a humorous manner. The film was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Edward Black.

Rush Hour was filmed as a series of short comedy sequences, illustrating the various degrees of chaos and confusion arising from public transport being overwhelmed with passengers at peak times. Its twin targets were employers, to whom the desirability of staggered working hours was stressed, and casual leisure travellers, who were exhorted: "Shopping? Visiting? Then get home early at your ease – leave rush-hour seats for workers, please!"

Cast

Muriel George as Violet
Hay Petrie as Bus Conductor
Beatrice Varley as Violet's friend
Charles Victor as Bus Inspector
David Keir as Man at Bus Stop
Robert Brooks Turner as Man at Bus Stop
Merle Tottenham as Woman at Bus Stop

References

External links

Rush Hour at the Internet Movie Database
Rush Hour at BritMovie

The films of Anthony Asquith

Feature films

Silent films	Shooting Stars (1927) Underground (1928) The Runaway Princess (1929) A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)

Sound films	Tell England (1931) The Lucky Number (1932) Dance Pretty Lady (1932) Unfinished Symphony (1934) Moscow Nights (1935) Pygmalion (1938) French Without Tears (1940) Freedom Radio (1941) Quiet Wedding (1941) Cottage to Let (1941) Uncensored (1942) We Dive at Dawn (1943) The Demi-Paradise (1943) Fanny by Gaslight (1944) The Way to the Stars (1945) While the Sun Shines (1947) The Winslow Boy (1948) The Woman in Question (1950) The Browning Version (1951) The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) The Final Test (1953) The Net (1953) The Young Lovers (1954) Carrington V.C. (1955) Orders to Kill (1958) The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) Libel (1959) The Millionairess (1960) Two Living, One Dead (1961) Guns of Darkness (1962) The V.I.P.s (movie) (1963) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

Short films

The Story of Papworth (1936)
Channel Incident (1940)
Rush Hour (1941)
Two Fathers (1944)
On Such a Night (1956)

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