| South Riding | |
| Director: | Victor Saville |
| Producer: | Alexander Korda Stanley Haynes Victor Saville |
| Based On: | novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby |
| Starring: | Edna Best Ralph Richardson Edmund Gwenn Ann Todd |
| Music: | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography: | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Editing: | Hugh Stewart |
| Studio: | Victor Saville Productions London Film Productions |
| Distributor: | United Artists |
| Runtime: | 85 mins |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd.[1] It was the film debut of a 14-year-old Glynis Johns. It is based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011.[2]
A squire becomes involved in local politics.[3]
Hugh Stewart who edited it called it "one of the very best scripts ever written".[4]
TV Guide wrote, "Not an altogether satisfying love story, it is more interesting as a portrait of pre-WW II life in the country. Excellent sets by Meerson and well shot by Stradling";[5] while Time Out wrote, "Saville carries Winifred Holtby's tart, witty exposé of Yorkshire power politics to the screen with breathtaking, and totally unexpected, panache."[6] Leonard Maltin called it "Smoothly made and superbly acted by a flawless cast."[7]