South Riding
1938 | 85m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Victor Saville |
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| Writer: | Winifred Holtby, Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1938 |
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| Director: | Victor Saville |
| Writer: | Winifred Holtby, Ian Dalrymple, Donald Bull |
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| Production Companies | London Films Productions, Victor Saville Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Edna Best | Sarah Barton |
| Ralph Richardson | Robert Carne |
| Edmund Gwenn | Alfred Huggins |
| Ann Todd | Madge Carne |
| Marie Lohr | Mrs. Beddows |
| Milton Rosmer | Alderman Snaith |
| John Clements | Joe Astell |
| Edward Lexy | Mr. Holly |
| Joan Ellum | Lydia Holly |
| Glynis Johns | Midge Carne |
| Josephine Wilson | Mrs. Holly |
| Gus McNaughton | Tadman |
| Herbert Lomas | Castle |
| Peggy Novak | Bessie Warbuckle |
| Lewis Casson | Lord Sedgmire |
| Felix Aylmer | Chairman of Council |
| Jean Cadell | Miss Dry |
| Skelton Knaggs | Reg. Aythorne |
| Laura Smithson | Mrs. Brimsley |
| Florence Gregson | Mrs. Molton |
| Beckett Bould | Foreman on Road Building Site |
| Madge Brindley | A Psalm Singer |
| Davina Whitehouse | |
| Arthur Hambling | Village Doctor |
| Ralph Truman | Nursing Home Doctor |
| George Spence | Man Listening to Chairman of Council Speech (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Winifred Holtby | Novel |
| Ian Dalrymple | Screenplay |
| Donald Bull | Screenplay |
| Victor Saville | Director |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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