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.
Stars: Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn, Ann Todd, Marie Lohr, Milton Rosmer
Crew: Victor Saville (Director), Harry Stradling Sr. (Director of Photography), Winifred Holtby (Novel), Ian Dalrymple (Screenplay), Donald Bull (Screenplay)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Victor Saville Productions, London Films Productions
Runtime: 85 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 01, 1938
IMDb: 4.8
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