The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Carol ReedDirector
- J.B. WilliamsScreenplay
- Hans MayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael RedgraveDavey Fenwick
- Margaret LockwoodJenny Sunley
- Emlyn WilliamsJoe Gowlan
- Nancy PriceMartha Fenwick - Davey's mother
- Allan JeayesRichard Barras - the mine owner
- Edward RigbyRobert Fenwick - Davey's father
- Desmond TesterHughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
- David MarkhamArthur Barras - Barras' son
- Cecil ParkerStanley Millington
- Linden TraversMrs. Laura Millington
- Milton RosmerHarry Nugent, MP
- George CarneySlogger Gowlan
Stills
Themes
trade unionminersocial commentarylabor union