Made during the war looking to the future but largely set during the thirties when John Baxter was one of the few directors showing an interest in the struggling poor rather than the idle rich.
That Margot Grahame's role as Pagan's daughter was cut before the film was released and Hay Petrie makes only a fleeting non-speaking appearance suggests the original cut was substantially much longer.
That Margot Grahame's role as Pagan's daughter was cut before the film was released and Hay Petrie makes only a fleeting non-speaking appearance suggests the original cut was substantially much longer.