Well if you ever wondered about the source of the song "On Ilkley Moor Bar Tat" then you will find the answer in this little retrospective on life in the Lancashire mill towns in the 1930s. The storyline is completely incidental; it's a comic-drama that demonstrates the friendly rivalries and sense of community that existed pre-WWII in England. Stanley Holloway, Will Fyffe and Helen Haye keep it all on the rails. Watch out for a very young Jimmy Hanley; and some great images in/around the mass employment manufacturing industry that made this part of the UK world famous.
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.
Quick Stats
6.3
TMDB Rating
4
Votes
1h 20m
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Key Crew
DirectorBernard Vorhaus
WriterScott Pembroke
CinematographyHorace Wheddon
ComposerCyril Ray
EditorSam Simmonds
Production DesignGeorge Provis
Produced by
Joe Rock Productions
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
Mary Lawson
Joan Todcastle
Stanley Holloway
Sam Owen
Will Fyffe
Bill Todcastle
Helen Haye
Margaret Owen
Jimmy Hanley
Jack Owen
Marcelle Rogez
Zita De La Rue
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C. Denier Warren
Joseph Cotter (as Denier Warren)
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D.J. Williams
Thompson
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Syd Courtenay
The Mayor
Syd Crossley
Shearman
Elsie Wagstaff
Emily
Gibson Gowland
Gaoler
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Mike Johnson
Hawkins
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Sam Wilkinson
Entwistle
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Doris Bowers
Cotton Queen
