Love on the Dole

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In this family drama set in the North Country of England, an impoverished family attempts to live through the depression. A young millworker falls in love with an unemployed fellow who will not marry her while he is on the dole. Later he is killed while demonstrating against working conditions. The girl then marries an aging bookie so she can secure work for her father and brother.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Drama
Directed By:

John Baxter
Written By:

Barbara K. Emary, Walter Greenwood
In Theaters:

Jun 28, 1941 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Oct 30, 2007
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

United Artists

Cast

Deborah Kerr
as Sally

Clifford Evans
as Larry

Mary Merrall
as Mrs. Hardcastle

George Carney
as Mr. Hardcastle

Joyce Howard
as Helen Hawkins

Frank Cellier
as Sam Grundy

Geoffrey Hibbert
as Harry Hardcastle

Maire O'Neill
as Mrs. Dorbell

A. Bromley Davenport
as Pawnbroker

Peter Gawthorne
as Police Inspector

Martin Walker
as Ned Narkey

Iris Vandeleur
as Mrs. Nattle

Marie Ault
as Mrs. Jilke

Marjorie Rhodes
as Mrs. Bull

Kenneth Griffith
as Tom Hare

John Slater
as Jackson

Muriel George
as Landlady

Charles Williams
as Bill Simmons

Collin Chandler
as Jack Lindsay

Dennis Wyndham
as Jim

Jordan Lawrence
as Sam Hardie

James Harcourt
as Old Man Who Has His Dole Stopped

Philip Godfrey
as Charlie

Terry Conlin
as Ted Munter

Charles Groves
as Old Man

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Here is a film that ranks with the best we have ever produced.. The direction is excellent, the photography admirable, and the casting particularly good.

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