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Lancashire Luck

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Lancashire Luck
Directed byHenry Cass
Written byRonald Gow (story)
A.R. Rawlinson (writer)
Produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan
StarringWendy Hiller,
Nigel Stock
CinematographyFrancis Carver
Distributed byBritish & Dominions Film Corporation
Release date
  • 12 November 1937 (1937-11-12)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lancashire Luck is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass.[1] It is notable as the film debut of Wendy Hiller, and the first credited appearance of Nigel Stock.[2][3]

Plot

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The film is set around the paterfamilia of the Lovejoy family in Lancashire winning a large sum on the pools. With this windfall he buys a small tea-shop in a more upper-class section of their town, and generally lives the high life. His daughter falls in love with an aristocratic visitor to the shop but her mother stands in her way until all is happily resolved by the end.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Lancashire Luck (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Dame Wendy Hiller". The Independent. 17 May 2003.
  3. ^ "Nigel Stock | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
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