UK Release date: 5 July 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 September 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Running time: 79 minutes
Director: Frederick Wilson
Cast: Derek Bond, Rona Anderson & James Robertson Justice
Australian Distributor: GBDFD
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for four weeks from 23 June 1950 supporting Obsession.
Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 22 | 333 |
| EF PPE | 2.20 | 244 |
| Metres Travelled | 88,832 | 335 |
| Average MT | 8,883 | 336 |
| Engagements | 10 | 330 |
| Slots | 12 | 330 |
| Weeks | 2 | 238 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 20.00% | 147 |
| Saturdays | 2 | 324 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 20.00% | 281 |
| Tuesdays | 6 | 236 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 60.00% | 56 |
| First billed | 1 | 237 |
| Second billed | 9 | 196 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 7 |
| Ratio | 70.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -16.67% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 20.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 12.38% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 10.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 4.29% |
| Hoyts eng | 3 |
| Ratio | 30.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 29.16% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 40.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -37.11% |
| Suburban eng | 3 |
| Ratio | 30.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.95% |
Notes: British comedy-thriller had a rationed number of bookings across Union, Hoyts and Suburban venues. Nine out of ten engagements as supports and six of the ten on Tuesdays. Bottom of the barrel rankings ensued.
Poet’s Pub engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 23/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Riding High |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Obsession |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Tell it to the Judge |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 7/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Roseanna McCoy |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Lady Hamilton |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 21/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | You’re My Everything |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 25/11/50 | 10 | S | 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen |
| St. Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 9/12/50 | 12 | W | 1 | Confessions of a Rogue |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 30/12/50 | 15 | W | 2 | The Asphalt Jungle |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 14/4/51 | 30 | T | 2 | Quicksand |
The 1950 Project 