Movie Description

Love on the Dole

(1941)

Overview

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.

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Original TitleLove on the Dole

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1941-06-28

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 34m

Production CompaniesBritish National Films

Genres

  • Drama