Love on the Dole

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 28, 1941

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

British National Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0033853