Hard Steel
| Hard Steel | |
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| Directed by | Norman Walker |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | James B. Sloan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Hard Steel is a 1942 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Betty Stockfeld and John Stuart. It was 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.[1] 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.
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]- ^ 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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- 1942 films
- 1942 drama films
- British drama films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Norman Walker
- Films set in England
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in Sheffield
- British black-and-white films
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- 1940s British films
- English-language drama films
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