South Riding backdrop
South Riding poster
Trailer
South Riding
6.2
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1h 25m
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1938
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
Edna Best poster
Edna Best
Sarah Barton
Ralph Richardson poster
Ralph Richardson
Robert Carne
Edmund Gwenn poster
Edmund Gwenn
Alfred Huggins
Ann Todd poster
Ann Todd
Madge Carne
Marie Lohr poster
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Beddows
Milton Rosmer poster
Milton Rosmer
Alderman Snaith
John Clements poster
John Clements
Joe Astell
Edward Lexy poster
Edward Lexy
Mr. Holly
Joan Ellum poster
Joan Ellum
Lydia Holly
Glynis Johns poster
Glynis Johns
Midge Carne
Josephine Wilson poster
Josephine Wilson
Mrs. Holly
Gus McNaughton poster
Gus McNaughton
Tadman
Herbert Lomas poster
Herbert Lomas
Castle
Peggy Novak poster
Peggy Novak
Bessie Warbuckle
Lewis Casson poster
Lewis Casson
Lord Sedgmire
Felix Aylmer poster
Felix Aylmer
Chairman of Council
Jean Cadell poster
Jean Cadell
Miss Dry
Skelton Knaggs poster
Skelton Knaggs
Reg. Aythorne
Laura Smithson poster
Laura Smithson
Mrs. Brimsley
Florence Gregson poster
Florence Gregson
Mrs. Molton

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