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Love on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working-class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film.
- Ronald Gow, Walter Greenwood
- 1933
Love on the Dole: Directed by John Baxter. With Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall. During the Depression in England, a young lady from Lancashire decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her unemployed family.
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- Drama
- John Baxter
- 1945-10-12
Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Greenwood. It was the first English-made feature film to show English police wielding batons against a crowd.
During the depression in England, a young lady from Lancashire decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her family who are unemplo...
- 98 min
- 128K
- Cult Cinema Classics
In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means Test.
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- Paperback
- Walter Greenwood
Sep 10, 2012 · Release Details. Duration:100 mins. Cast and crew. Director:John Baxter. Screenwriter:Rollo Gamble, Barbara K Emary, Walter Greenwood. Cast: Joyce Howard. Frank Cellier. Clifford Evans. Deborah...
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Love on the Dole. A young Englishwoman (Deborah Kerr) tragically loves an out-of-work laborer (Clifford Evans) in a depressed mill town. Here is a film that ranks with the best we have ever...
- Drama