Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole

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.

Cast for Love on the Dole...

George Carney
Mr. Hardcastle
Mary Merrall
Mrs. Hardcastle
Frank Cellier
Sam Grundy
Martin Walker
Ned Narkey
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Dorbell
Iris Vandeleur
Mrs. Nattle
Marie Ault
Mrs. Jike
Sebastian Cabot
Man in Crowd at Betting Payout
Terry Conlin
Ted Munter
Peter Gawthorne
Police Supt
Philip Godfrey
Charlie - Sam Grundy's Assistant
Kenneth Griffith
Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall
James Harcourt
Old Man Who Has His Dole Stopped
Mike Johnson
Man at Demonstration
Vi Kaley
4th Old Lady at Seance
Jordan Lawrence
Sam Hardie
Yvonne Mitchell
Factory Worker at Gate
Brefni O'Rorke
Dole Officer
Leonard Sharp
Man at Demonstration
John Slater
Agitator on Demonstration
H Victor Weske
Factory Worker
Ben Williams
Factory Worker
Ian Wilson
Man at Demonstration
Dennis Wyndham
Jim - Larry's Assistant