South Riding
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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.
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Edna Best
Sarah Barton
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Ralph Richardson
Robert Carne
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Edmund Gwenn
Alfred Huggins
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Ann Todd
Madge Carne
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Marie Lohr
Mrs. Beddows
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Anna Karenina
Milton Rosmer
Alderman Snaith
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John Clements
Joe Astell
Known for
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Edward Lexy
Mr. Holly
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Miss Robin Hood
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Joan Ellum
Lydia Holly
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Glynis Johns
Midge Carne
Known for
Mary Poppins
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Josephine Wilson
Mrs. Holly
Known for
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Gus McNaughton
Tadman
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Victor Saville Director · Ian Dalrymple Screenplay Donald Bull Screenplay
First release August 1, 1938 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production London Films Productions, United Artists Pictures
Production
Victor Saville Productions
Production
London Films Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 1, 1938
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No release date listed for United States.
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