Rent Love on the Dole (1941)
3.6 of 5 from 59 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Set in 1930s Salford during the Great Depression, 'Love on the Dole' follows Harry Hardcastle (Geoffrey Hibbert) and Sally (Deborah Kerr), two young siblings who fall prey to poverty and mass unemployment, and must make terrible sacrifices in order to survive. Although its stark portrayal of social deprivation led the British Board of Film Censors to initially ban the film as a 'very sordid story in very sordid surroundings', Love on the Dole retains an optimistic spirit, reinforcing the ideal that Britain's working classes could overcome any hardship. Through its impassioned performances, it shows faith in the values of liberal democracy which Britain upheld throughout the war, and looks forward to a better future. - Actors:
- Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall, Geoffrey Hibbert, Joyce Howard, Frank Cellier, Martin Walker, Maire O'Neill, Iris Vandeleur, Marie Ault, Marjorie Rhodes, Sebastian Cabot, Terry Conlin, Peter Gawthorne, Muriel George, Philip Godfrey, Kenneth Griffith, Charles Groves, James Harcourt
- Directors:
- John Baxter
- Producers:
- John Baxter
- Writers:
- Walter Greenwood, Ronald Gow, Barbara K. Emary, Rollo Gamble
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Fictional British Prime Ministers On Screen, Getting to Know: Sidney James, Topping the Music Hall Bill
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/01/2016
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Island People (Paul Rotha, 1940,11 mins): film surveying aspects of the British way of life
- A Call for Arms! (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1940,8 mins): Government-sponsored film about life at a munitions factory
- Our Film (Harold French, 1942,14 mins): enthralling propaganda film contrasting the Russian and British home front
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