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 Kerr as Sally
Clifford Evans as Larry
George Carney as Mr. Hardcastle
Mary Merrall as Mrs. Hardcastle
Geoffrey Hibbert as Harry
Joyce Howard as Helen
Frank Cellier as Sam Grundy
Martin Walker as Ned Narkey
Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Dorbell
Iris Vandeleur as Mrs. Nattle
Marie Ault as Mrs. Jike
Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Bull
Sebastian Cabot as Man in Crowd at Betting Payout
Terry Conlin as Ted Munter
A. Bromley Davenport as Pawnbroker
Peter Gawthorne as Police Supt
Muriel George as Landlady
Philip Godfrey as Charlie - Sam Grundy's Assistant
Kenneth Griffith as Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall
Charles Groves as Old Man
James Harcourt as Old Man Who Has His Dole Stopped
Mike Johnson as Man at Demonstration
Vi Kaley as 4th Old Lady at Seance
Jordan Lawrence as Sam Hardie
Yvonne Mitchell as Factory Worker at Gate
Brefni O'Rorke as Dole Officer
Leonard Sharp as Man at Demonstration
John Slater as Agitator on Demonstration
H Victor Weske as Factory Worker
Ben Williams as Factory Worker
Ian Wilson as Man at Demonstration
Dennis Wyndham as Jim - Larry's Assistant
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