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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall, Geoffrey Hibbert, Joyce Howard
Crew: Walter Greenwood (Novel), Ronald Gow (Theatre Play), John Baxter (Producer), Barbara K. Emary (Writer), Roy Douglas (Music), Walter Greenwood (Adaptation)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: British National Films
Runtime: 94 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 28, 1941
IMDb: 5.3
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