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] The film follows the rise of an ambitious steel worker as he 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.
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| Directed by | Norman Walker |
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| Produced by | James B. Sloan |
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| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Hard Steel". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ Murphy p.63
Bibliography
edit- Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.
External links
edit- Hard Steel at IMDb
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