Love on the Dole
1941Depressing 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