| It Happened in Leicester Square | |
| Director: | Geoffrey J. Benstead |
| Producer: | Norman Sharp |
| Starring: | Harry Tate Jr. Slim Allen Arthur Stott |
| Distributor: | Geoffrey J. Benstead Productions |
| Runtime: | 53 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
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]
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. 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]