Hard Steel

Hard Steel
Hard Steel
Directed by	Norman Walker
Written by	Roger Dataller (novel); Lydia Hayward ;
Produced by	James B. Sloan
Starring	Wilfrid Lawson ; Betty Stockfeld ; John Stuart ; George Carney ;
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Sam Simmonds
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production; company	G.H.W. Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	18 May 1942;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated December 28, 2025

Hard Steel is a 1942 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Betty Stockfeld and John Stuart.^[1] It was written by Lydia Hayward based on the novel Steel Saraband by Roger Dataller. The film was one of four made by G.H.W. Productions backed by the Rank Organisation.^[2]

Premise

An ambitious steel worker is appointed to run his local steel mill. He soon outrages the employees with his ruthless behaviour – and his negligence leads to the accidental death of one of the workers. As the Second World War breaks out he realises what he has become, and seeks a chance of redemption.

Cast

Wilfrid Lawson as Walter Haddon
Betty Stockfeld as Freda Haddon
John Stuart as Alan Saunders
George Carney as Bert Mortimer
Joan Kemp-Welch as Janet Mortimer
James Harcourt as Jim Calver
Frank Atkinson as Dick Sefton
Arthur Hambling as Mr. Lamport
John Turnbull as Mr. Rowlandson
Hay Petrie as Mr. Kissack
Mignon O'Doherty as Mrs. Kissack
Philip Godfrey as Forester
Cameron Hall as Flavell
Charles Rolfe as Richards
Kenneth Griffith as Dixon
Harry Riley as Phillips
H Victor Weske as Bateman
Charles Groves as Old Sam
Clifton Boyne as Carter
D.J. Williams as Jimpson
Leonard Sharp as Baker
Roberta Read as Bertha
Roddy Hughes as Coroner
Arthur Seaton as Newcombe
Dane Gordon as Willis
David Trickett as Tommy Mortimer
Angela Glynne as Bunty Phillips

References

↑ "Hard Steel". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
↑ Murphy p.63

Bibliography

Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.

External links

Hard Steel at IMDb

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[BFIsearch-1] "Hard Steel". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[2] Murphy p.63

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