Movie Description
South Riding
(1938)Overview
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
Featured Crew
- Director : Victor Saville
- Cast : Edna Best,Ralph Richardson,Edmund Gwenn,Ann Todd,Marie Lohr,Milton Rosmer,John Clements,Edward Lexy,Joan Ellum,Glynis Johns,Josephine Wilson,Gus McNaughton,Herbert Lomas,Peggy Novak,Lewis Casson,Felix Aylmer,Jean Cadell,Skelton Knaggs,Laura Smithson,Florence Gregson,Beckett Bould,Madge Brindley,Davina Whitehouse,Arthur Hambling,Ralph Truman
Cast
Sarah Barton
Robert Carne
Alfred Huggins
Madge Carne
Mrs. Beddows
Alderman Snaith
Joe Astell
Mr. Holly
Lydia Holly
Midge Carne
Mrs. Holly
Tadman
Castle
Bessie Warbuckle
Lord Sedgmire
Chairman of Council
Miss Dry
Reg. Aythorne
Mrs. Brimsley
Mrs. Molton
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Facts
Original TitleSouth Riding
Status Released
Release Information
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1938-08-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 25m
Production CompaniesVictor Saville Productions,London Films Productions
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
