Love on the Dole (1941)

Drama

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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Runtime: 94 mins Rating: 6.0

Cast

Charles Williams

Man in Billiard Hall with Full Packet of Cigarettes

Frank Cellier

Sam Grundy

Deborah Kerr

Sally

Sebastian Cabot

Man in Crowd at Betting Payout

Marie Ault

Mrs. Jike

Yvonne Mitchell

Factory Worker at Gate

Kenneth Griffith

Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Hardcastle

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Crew

Richard Addinsell

Original Music Composer

Muir Mathieson

Music

Rollo Gamble

Writer

John Baxter

Producer

John Baxter

Director

Walter Greenwood

Novel

Walter Greenwood

Adaptation

Ronald Gow

Theatre Play

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Love on the Dole (1941)

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