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09/01/1937 Drama 1h 35m
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Overview

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.

  1. Tim Whelan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Mason

    Tom Tulliver

  2. Geraldine Fitzgerald

    Maggie Tulliver

  3. Frank Lawton

    Philip Wakem

  4. Victoria Hopper

    Lucy Deane

  5. Fay Compton

    Mrs. Tulliver

  6. Griffith Jones

    Stephen Guest

  7. Mary Clare

    Mrs. Moss

  8. Athene Seyler

    Mrs. Pullet

  9. Sam Livesey

    Mr. Tulliver

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20
I have always been more of a fan of George Eliot's stories than of many of her more, shall we say, "sentimental" contemporaries. Her stories were grittier, with far more realistic characters - and this is one of her best. A childhood feud spills over into adulthood and some unique pig-headedness that maximises the misery for the Tulliver and Wakem families. James Mason takes on his first major cinema role here, and he does it well as the opinionated "Tom", elder brother of "Maggie" (Geraldine Fitzgerald) who is admired by "Philip" (Frank Lawton), but he is from the family that put old man "Tul...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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