South Riding
1938 · 85 min
Drama · Romance
★ 6.6Winifred 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.
Crew
- Director Victor Saville
- Screenplay Ian Dalrymple
- Screenplay Donald Bull
- Director of Photography Harry Stradling Sr.
Cast
Crew
- Director — Victor Saville
- Screenplay — Ian Dalrymple
- Screenplay — Donald Bull
- Director of Photography — Harry Stradling Sr.
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