Lancashire Luck
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Lancashire Luck | |
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Directed by | Henry Cass |
Written by | Ronald Gow (story) A.R. Rawlinson (writer) |
Produced by | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
Starring | Wendy Hiller, Nigel Stock |
Cinematography | Francis Carver |
Distributed by | British & Dominions Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Lancashire Luck is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass.[1] It is notable as the film debut of Wendy Hiller, and the first credited appearance of Nigel Stock.[2][3]
Plot
The film is set around the paterfamilia of the Lovejoy family in Lancashire winning a large sum on the pools. With this windfall he buys a small tea-shop in a more upper-class section of their town, and generally lives the high life. His daughter falls in love with an aristocratic visitor to the shop but her mother stands in her way until all is happily resolved by the end.
Cast
- George Carney - George Lovejoy
- Margaret Damer - Lady Maydew
- George Galleon - Sir George Maydew
- Muriel George - Mrs. Lovejoy
- Wendy Hiller - Betty Lovejoy
- Bett Huth - Lady Evelyn Brenton
- Peter Popp
- Nigel Stock - Joe Lovejoy
References
- ^ "Lancashire Luck (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Dame Wendy Hiller". The Independent. 17 May 2003.
- ^ "Nigel Stock | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
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