Love on the Dole (1941)

1941 · Feature film · 94 min · dir. John Baxter

• Drama

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

John Baxter

Writer

Walter Greenwood

Composer

Richard Addinsell

Cinematography

James Wilson

Studio

British National Films

Released

1941-06-28

Awards

1 nomination

Running time

94 minutes

Cast & crew

• JJohn Baxter Director
• Deborah Kerr
• Clifford Evans
• George Carney
• Mary Merrall
• Geoffrey Hibbert
• Joyce Howard
• Frank Cellier
• Martin Walker

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