South Riding (1938)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Director & Crew

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