South Riding

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

85 minutes

Year:

1938

Director:

Victor Saville

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Company:

Victor Saville Productions,

London Films Productions

Cast:

Sarah Barton

Robert Carne

Alfred Huggins

Madge Carne

Mrs. Beddows

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Novel

Screenplay

Screenplay