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Original title

South Riding

Year

1938

Running time

85 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Victor Saville

Screenwriter

Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull. Novel: Winifred Holtby

Cast

Music

Richard Addinsell

Cinematography

Harry Stradling Sr. (B&W)

Producer

Victor Saville, London Films

Genre

Drama. Romance

Synopsis

"Winifred 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.

Awards: 1938: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).

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South Riding

1938

Victor Saville