Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole

94 mins | Drama | June 28, 1941

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.

Love on the Dole

94 mins | Drama | June 28, 1941

Love on the Dole
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers British National Films
Original title Love on the Dole
Directors John Baxter
Writers Barbara K. Emary, Ronald Gow, Walter Greenwood, Rollo Gamble

Cast

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