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The Agitator

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The Agitator
Directed byJohn Harlow
Written byEdward Dryhurst
Based onPeter Pettinger
by William Riley
Produced byLouis H. Jackson
StarringWilliam Hartnell
Mary Morris
John Laurie
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDouglas Myers
Music byJohn Greenwood
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation
Release date
3 September 1945
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie.[1] Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley. It was made by British National Films at the company's Elstree Studios, with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

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Bibliography

  • Gillett, Phillip. The British Working Class in Postwar Film. Manchester University Press, 2003.