South Riding (1938)
Set in England in the early 1900s, South Riding is a political and personal drama about a nearly bankrupt estate owner who is trying to keep himself solvent by buying into a real estate plan which he doesn't realize is morally suspect. The original British cut of South Riding ran 90 minutes, but for its American release, several Depression-era scenes were cut from the print. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Victor Saville
Synopsis of South Riding
Set in England in the early 1900s, South Riding is a political and personal drama about a nearly bankrupt estate owner who is trying to keep himself solvent by buying into a real estate plan which he doesn't realize is morally suspect. The original British cut of South Riding ran 90 minutes, but for its American release, several Depression-era scenes were cut from the print. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Complete Cast of South Riding
- Edna Best - Sarah Burton
- Edmund Gwenn - Alfred Huggins
- John Clements - Joe Astell
- Marie Lohr - Mrs. Beddows
- Josephine Wilson - Mrs. Holly
- Gus McNaughton - Tadman
- Herbert Lomas - Castle
- Lewis Casson - Lord Sedgemire
- Laura Smithson - Mrs. Brimsley
- Davina Craig
- Ralph Truman
- Ralph Richardson - Robert Carne
- Ann Todd - Madge Carne
- Milton Rosmer - Alderman Snaith
- Edward Lexy - Mr. Holly
- Joan Ellum - Lydia Holly
- Glynis Johns - Midge Carne
- Peggy Novak - Bessie Warbuckle
- Felix Aylmer - Chairman of Council
- Skelton Knaggs - Reg. Aythorne
- Arthur Hambling
- Jean Cadell - Miss Dry
- Director(s):
- Victor Saville
- Writer(s):
- Donald Bull, Ian Dalrymple
- Producer(s):
- Victor Saville, Stanley Haynes, Alexander Korda
- 1938 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
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