Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole by John Baxter

5.50

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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Cast

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr as Sally

Clifford Evans

Clifford Evans as Larry

George Carney

George Carney as Mr. Hardcastle

Mary Merrall

Mary Merrall as Mrs. Hardcastle

Geoffrey Hibbert

Geoffrey Hibbert as Harry

Joyce Howard

Joyce Howard as Helen

Frank Cellier

Frank Cellier as Sam Grundy

Martin Walker

Martin Walker as Ned Narkey

Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Dorbell

Iris Vandeleur

Iris Vandeleur as Mrs. Nattle

Marie Ault

Marie Ault as Mrs. Jike

Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Bull

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot as Man in Crowd at Betting Payout

Terry Conlin

Terry Conlin as Ted Munter

A. Bromley Davenport

A. Bromley Davenport as Pawnbroker

Peter Gawthorne

Peter Gawthorne as Police Supt

Muriel George

Muriel George as Landlady

Philip Godfrey

Philip Godfrey as Charlie - Sam Grundy's Assistant

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith as Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall

Charles Groves

Charles Groves as Old Man

James Harcourt

James Harcourt as Old Man Who Has His Dole Stopped

Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson as Man at Demonstration

Vi Kaley

Vi Kaley as 4th Old Lady at Seance

Jordan Lawrence

Jordan Lawrence as Sam Hardie

Yvonne Mitchell

Yvonne Mitchell as Factory Worker at Gate

Brefni O'Rorke

Brefni O'Rorke as Dole Officer

Leonard Sharp

Leonard Sharp as Man at Demonstration

John Slater

John Slater as Agitator on Demonstration

H Victor Weske

H Victor Weske as Factory Worker

Ben Williams

Ben Williams as Factory Worker

Ian Wilson

Ian Wilson as Man at Demonstration

Dennis Wyndham

Dennis Wyndham as Jim - Larry's Assistant

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