Laxdale Hall (1953)
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.
- Date of release
- 1953-04-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- John Eldridge
Casting
- Ronald Squire — General Matheson
- Jameson Clark — Roderick McLeod
- Raymond Huntley — Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
- Sebastian Shaw — Hugh Marvell, M.P.
- Kathleen Ryan — Catriona Matheson
- Fulton Mackay — Andrew Flett
- Prunella Scales — Morag McLeod
- Kynaston Reeves — Rev. Ian Macaulay
- Roddy McMillan — Willie John Watt
- Keith Faulkner — Peter McLeod
- Andrew Keir — McKellaig
- Jean Colin — Lucy Pettigrew
Interesting facts
Laxdale Hall is a 1953 British romantic comedy film directed by John Eldridge and starring Ronald Squire, Kathleen Ryan, Raymond Huntley and Sebastian Shaw, with Prunella Scales and Fulton Mackay in early roles. It was adapted by Alfred Shaughnessy and Eldridge from the 1951 novel Laxdale Hall by Eric Linklater.
Production
The external scenes were shot in Applecross, and "Laxdale Hall" is Applecross House, an early 18th-century laird's house of formal composition.
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