- Drama, Romance
- 85 min
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.
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Cast
- Edna BestSarah Barton
- Ralph RichardsonRobert Carne
- Edmund GwennAlfred Huggins
- Ann ToddMadge Carne
- Marie LohrMrs. Beddows
- Milton RosmerAlderman Snaith
- John ClementsJoe Astell
- Edward LexyMr. Holly
- Joan EllumLydia Holly
- Glynis JohnsMidge Carne
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- Victor SavilleDirector
- Ian DalrympleScreenplay
- Donald BullScreenplay
- Winifred HoltbyNovel
- Harry Stradling Sr.Director of Photography
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