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Love on the Dole PG rating

Deborah Kerr gives an impassioned turn as a woman who sells herself in order to save her family from poverty in Salford.

Drama 1941 98 mins

Director: John Baxter

Overview

Deborah Kerr gives an impassioned performance as a young woman who sells herself in order to save her family from poverty in 1930s Salford.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) banned the filming of Walter Greenwood’s novel as it showed the labouring classes in revolt. However, the outbreak of WWII changed the national mood and the film became a propaganda tool to convince working men of their importance to the country’s war effort.