Laxdale Hall (1953)
1h 17m
Running Time
April 1, 1953Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ronald Squire
General Matheson
Jameson Clark
Roderick McLeod
Kathleen Ryan
Catriona Matheson
Raymond Huntley
Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
Sebastian Shaw
Hugh Marvell, M.P.
John Eldridge
Director
Fulton Mackay
Andrew Flett
Eric Linklater
Writer
Prunella Scales
Morag McLeod
Alfred Shaughnessy
Writer
Kynaston Reeves
Rev. Ian Macaulay
Roddy McMillan
Willie John Watt
Frank Spencer
Composer
Arthur Grant
Cinematographer
Keith Faulkner
Peter McLeod
Andrew Keir
McKellaig
Bernard Gribble
Editor
Jean Colin
Lucy Pettigrew
Nell Ballantyne
Nurse Connachy
Eric Woodburn
Gambie, poachers' leader
Howard Connell
'Posty' the Postman
Grace Gavin
Mrs. McLeod
Norman MacOwan
Old Villager
Ian MacNaughton
Constable Jock
Details.
Wiki.
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. Released in the U.S. as Scotch on the Rocks, it was adapted from the 1951 novel Laxdale Hall by Eric Linklater.The story is one of the few to touch on the British Town Planning system – mocking the New Towns Act 1946.