Love on the Dole (1941)
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
Director: John Baxter
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Deborah Kerr as Sally |
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Clifford Evans as Larry |
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George Carney as Mr. Hardcastle |
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Mary Merrall as Mrs. Hardcastle |
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Geoffrey Hibbert as Harry |
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Joyce Howard as Helen |
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Frank Cellier as Sam Grundy |
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Martin Walker as Ned Narkey |
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Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Dorbell |
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Iris Vandeleur as Mrs. Nattle |
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Marie Ault as Mrs. Jike |
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Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Bull |
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Sebastian Cabot as Man in Crowd at Betting Payout |
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Terry Conlin as Ted Munter |
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A. Bromley Davenport as Pawnbroker |
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Peter Gawthorne as Police Supt |
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Muriel George as Landlady |
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Philip Godfrey as Charlie - Sam Grundy's Assistant |
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Kenneth Griffith as Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall |
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Charles Groves as Old Man |
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James Harcourt as Old Man Who Has His Dole Stopped |
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Mike Johnson as Man at Demonstration |
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Vi Kaley as 4th Old Lady at Seance |
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Jordan Lawrence as Sam Hardie |
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Yvonne Mitchell as Factory Worker at Gate |
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Brefni O'Rorke as Dole Officer |
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Leonard Sharp as Man at Demonstration |
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John Slater as Agitator on Demonstration |
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H Victor Weske as Factory Worker |
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Ben Williams as Factory Worker |
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Ian Wilson as Man at Demonstration |
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Dennis Wyndham as Jim - Larry's Assistant |
| Production | John Baxter | Producer |
| Writing | Ronald Gow | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Walter Greenwood | Novel |
| Writing | Walter Greenwood | Adaptation |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Music |
| Writing | Rollo Gamble | Writer |
| Sound | Roy Douglas | Music |
| Sound | Richard Addinsell | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Barbara K. Emary | Writer |
| Editing | Michael C. Chorlton | Editor |
| Directing | John Baxter | Director |
| Camera | James Wilson | Director of Photography |
