Top billed cast

1. 

   Mary Ure

   Clara Dawes

2. 

   Trevor Howard

   Walter Morel

3. 

   Dean Stockwell

   Paul Morel

4. 

   Wendy Hiller

   Gertrude Morel

5. 

   Heather Sears

   Miriam Leivers

6. 

   William Lucas

   William Morel

7. 

   Conrad Phillips

   Baxter Dawes

8. 

   Ernest Thesiger

   Mr. Hadlock

9. 

   Donald Pleasence

   Mr. Pappleworth

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04

Dean Stockwell is on good form here, as the artistically talented "Paul" who lives with his miner father "Walter" (Trevor Howard) and mother (Wendy Hiller). When tragedy strikes their local mine, she is even more determined to ensure that this son does not go down the pit - and when "Hadlock" (Ernest Thesiger) offers him an opportunity to come to London and work - it looks like he might escape this dead-end existence. His dad, however, comes home drunk and he and his wife have an altercation that makes "Paul" stay put. Is he staying to protect her, or because he is really too afraid to cut the...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• heart attack
• family relationships
• nottingham
• black and white
• mining town
• death of mother
• coal mine
• drunkenness
• 1900s