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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.
Theatrical
Oct 12, 1945
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 30, 2007
Cast
Full credits →D
Deborah Kerr
Sally
C
Clifford Evans
Larry
G
George Carney
Mr. Hardcastle
M
Mary Merrall
Mrs. Hardcastle
G
Geoffrey Hibbert
Harry
J
Joyce Howard
Helen
F
Frank Cellier
Sam Grundy
M
Martin Walker
Ned Narkey
M
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Dorbell
I
Iris Vandeleur
Mrs. Nattle
M
Marie Ault
Mrs. Jike
M
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Bull
S
Sebastian Cabot
Man in Crowd at Betting Payout
T
Terry Conlin
Ted Munter
A
A. Bromley Davenport
Pawnbroker
P
Peter Gawthorne
Police Supt
M
Muriel George
Landlady
P
Philip Godfrey
Charlie - Sam Grundy's Assistant
K
Kenneth Griffith
Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall
C
Charles Groves
Old Man
