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Directed by | Victor Saville |
Written by | Ian Dalrymple Donald Bull |
Based on | novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby |
Produced by | Alexander Korda Stanley Haynes Victor Saville |
Starring | Edna Best Ralph Richardson Edmund Gwenn Ann Todd |
Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr. |
Edited by | Hugh Stewart |
Music by | Richard Addinsell |
Production companies | Victor Saville Productions London Film Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 85 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. [1] It was the film debut of a 14-year-old Glynis Johns. [2] It is based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011. [3]
Hugh Stewart who edited it called it "one of the very best scripts ever written". [5]
TV Guide wrote, "Not an altogether satisfying love story, it is more interesting as a portrait of pre-WW II life in the country. Excellent sets by Meerson and well shot by Stradling"; [6] while Time Out wrote, "Saville carries Winifred Holtby's tart, witty exposé of Yorkshire power politics to the screen with breathtaking, and totally unexpected, panache." [7] Leonard Maltin called it "Smoothly made and superbly acted by a flawless cast." [2]