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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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Victor Saville
Writing:
- Ian Dalrymple
- Donald Bull
- Winifred Holtby
Stars:
Release Date: 1938-08-01
6.2/10
6.2/10
- Country: GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 85
Robert Carne
Joe Astell
Nursing Home Doctor
Sarah Barton
Alfred Huggins
Madge Carne
Mrs. Beddows
Alderman Snaith
Midge Carne
Tadman
Castle
Bessie Warbuckle
Lord Sedgmire
Chairman of Council
Miss Dry
Reg. Aythorne
Village Doctor
