Love on the Dole 1941 - Historical Drama - Directed by John Baxter

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Published May 13, 2025

When Sally Hardcastle (Deborah Kerr) weaves through the stormy streets of Lancashire, she and Larry Meath (Clifford Evans) must dodge more than just hard times—love and loyalty are put to the ultimate test as family fortunes hang by a thread. With Sam Grundy (Frank Cellier) lurking in the wings and Harry Hardcastle (Geoffrey Hibbert) betting on luck, the Hardcastles discover that in the game of survival, the stakes are always sky-high and the odds rarely fair.

Alternative title: Love in misery (1941)

Colorized version: https://youtu.be/xjurc5Mku8s

Director: John Baxter
Writers: Walter Greenwood, Ronald Gow, Barbara K. Emary
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney, Mary Merrall
Genre: History, Drama
Release date: 28 June 1941 (UK)

Film History 101: This film was the first major British film to be banned in 1936 for its unflinching depiction of working-class hardship and social unrest, ultimately released only in 1941 when wartime pressures forced censors to confront the realities it portrayed. Interlaced with humor 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.