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Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.Read moreLess
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
The story
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
Cast & crew
Deborah KerrSally
Clifford EvansLarry
George CarneyMr. Hardcastle
Mary MerrallMrs. Hardcastle
Geoffrey HibbertHarry
Joyce HowardHelen
Frank CellierSam Grundy
Martin WalkerNed Narkey
Maire O'NeillMrs. Dorbell
Marie AultMrs. Jike
Marjorie RhodesMrs. BullExplore the crew
- Producer
- John Baxter
- Writer
- Barbara K. Emary
- Writer
- Rollo Gamble
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Addinsell
- Editor
- Michael C. Chorlton
- Director
- John Baxter
- Director of Photography
- James Wilson