Love on the Dole (film)
Appearance
Love on the Dole | |
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Directed by | John Baxter |
Written by | Walter Greenwood (novel and adaptation) Ronald Gow (play) Barbara K. Emary Rollo Gamble |
Produced by | John Baxter |
Starring | Deborah Kerr Clifford Evans |
Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Michael C. Chorlton |
Music by | Richard Addinsell Orchestrated, Roy Douglas Direction, Muir Mathieson |
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Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) United Artists (USA) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Greenwood.
Plot summary
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The film is set in Hanky Park, part of Salford, at the height of the Great Depression.
The film was the first English made feature film to show English police wielding batons against the crowd.[1]
Cast
- Deborah Kerr as Sally
- Clifford Evans as Larry
- George Carney as Mr. Hardcastle
- Mary Merrall as Mrs. Hardcastle
- Geoffrey Hibbert as Harry
- Joyce Howard as Helen
- Frank Cellier as Sam Grundy
- Martin Walker as Ned Narkey
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Dorbell
- Iris Vandeleur as Mrs. Nattle
- Marie Ault as Mrs. Jike
- Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Bull
- Ben Williams as Factory Worker (uncredited)
References
- ^ Emsley, Clive. Hard Men : The English and Violence since 1750. London: Hambledon and London, 2005, p. 141.
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