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Rare 1952 Scottish comedy of electorate vs bureaucracy
Ł 14.99
Laxdale Hall, a rarely seen British comedy receiving its first release to home entertainment, is a 1952 film directed by John Eldridge and starring Ronald Squire, Kathleen Ryan, Raymond Huntley, Prunella Scales, Fulton Mackay, Roddy McMillan, Jameson Clark and Jean Colin, with Rikki Fulton as a poacher in his first film role.
Filmed amongst the beautiful scenery of Applecross, Laxdale Hall is not to be missed.
Also features The Glen Is Ours (1946), a timeless parable of politicians at odds with the will of their electorate. Recently de-mobbed Hector Andrews takes to the hustings to stop Cadisburn Glen being sold and converted from a beauty spot into an amusement park. With Ealing stalwarts Edie Martin and Anthony Baird, and Sheila Latimer, recently seen in BBC Scotland's Still Game.
Complete with a 12-page illustrated booklet with viewing notes by Edinburgh film journalist and author Brian Pendreigh.
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