Love on the Dole
1941-06-28 | 94 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Deborah KerrSally
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Clifford EvansLarry
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George CarneyMr. Hardcastle
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Mary MerrallMrs. Hardcastle
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Joyce HowardHelen
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Frank CellierSam Grundy
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Martin WalkerNed Narkey
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Maire O'NeillMrs. Dorbell
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Marie AultMrs. Jike
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Marjorie RhodesMrs. Bull
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Sebastian CabotMan in Crowd at Betting Payout
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A. Bromley DavenportPawnbroker
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Peter GawthornePolice Supt
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Muriel GeorgeLandlady
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Kenneth GriffithHarry's Pal in Billiard Hall
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Charles GrovesOld Man
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