South Riding (1938)
1h 25m
Running Time
August 1, 1938Release Date
South Riding (1938)
1h 25m
Running Time
August 1, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Edna Best
Sarah Burton
Ralph Richardson
Robert Carne
Edmund Gwenn
Alfred Huggins
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Beddows
Ann Todd
Madge Carne
Milton Rosmer
Alderman Snaith
Victor Saville
Director
John Clements
Joe Astell
Winifred Holtby
Writer
Edward Lexy
Mr. Holly
Ian Dalrymple
Writer
Donald Bull
Writer
Joan Ellum
Lydia Holly
Glynis Johns
Midge Carne
Alexander Korda
Producer
Josephine Wilson
Mrs. Holly
Media.
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Wiki.
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. It was the film debut of a 14-year-old Glynis Johns. It is based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011.