South Riding (1938)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1938-08-01
Runtime: 85 minutes
Director: Victor Saville
Top Cast
- Edna Best as Sarah Barton
- Ralph Richardson as Robert Carne
- Edmund Gwenn as Alfred Huggins
- Ann Todd as Madge Carne
- Marie Lohr as Mrs. Beddows
- Milton Rosmer as Alderman Snaith
- John Clements as Joe Astell
- Edward Lexy as Mr. Holly
- Joan Ellum as Lydia Holly
- Glynis Johns as Midge Carne
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