South Riding (1938)
1h 25m
Running Time
August 1, 1938Release Date
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 Barton

Ralph Richardson
Robert Carne

Edmund Gwenn
Alfred Huggins

Ann Todd
Madge Carne

Marie Lohr
Mrs. Beddows

Milton Rosmer
Alderman Snaith

John Clements
Joe Astell

Edward Lexy
Mr. Holly

Joan Ellum
Lydia Holly

Glynis Johns
Midge Carne

Josephine Wilson
Mrs. Holly

Gus McNaughton
Tadman

Herbert Lomas
Castle

Peggy Novak
Bessie Warbuckle

Lewis Casson
Lord Sedgmire

Alexander Korda
Producer

Felix Aylmer
Chairman of Council

Jean Cadell
Miss Dry

Richard Addinsell
Composer

Skelton Knaggs
Reg. Aythorne

Laura Smithson
Mrs. Brimsley

Florence Gregson
Mrs. Molton

Hugh Stewart
Editor

Beckett Bould
Foreman on Road Building Site
Media.

Details.
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.
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