Love on the Dole (1941)
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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.
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Deborah KerrSally
Clifford EvansLarry
George CarneyMr. Hardcastle
Mary MerrallMrs. Hardcastle
Geoffrey HibbertHarry
Joyce HowardHelen
Frank CellierSam GrundyMartin WalkerNed Narkey
Maire O'NeillMrs. DorbellIris VandeleurMrs. Nattle
Marie AultMrs. Jike
Marjorie RhodesMrs. BullMovie DNA
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What is Love on the Dole about?
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.
How long is Love on the Dole?
Love on the Dole has a runtime of 94 minutes.
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