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South Riding (1938) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1938 · 85 mins · English
- Directed by
- Victor Saville
- Starring
- Madge Brindley, Ralph Truman, Ralph Richardson, Edna Best, Felix Aylmer, Edmund Gwenn
Winifred Holtby portrays local government as an active front‑line defense against sickness, poverty and ignorance. The drama follows six County Council staff whose public duties intertwine with personal lives, revealing how public service shapes private affairs. Set in Yorkshire, the story adds corruption, intrigue and romance, including a country squire whose institutionalised wife draws him toward a determined local schoolmistress.
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