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Laxdale Hall is a film of genre Comedy released in USA on 5 july 1954 with Ronald Squire
Laxdale Hall (1953)
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Add to a movie listLaxdale 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. Often titled Scotch on the Rocks, it was adapted from the novel Laxdale Hall by Eric Linklater.
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A British parliamentary delegation is dispatched to the Scottish Highlands where the residents are protesting at their poor links with the outside world. After a few days amongst them, and initial problems of interaction, the visitors begin to fully appreciate the locals' lifestyleActors
Ronald Squire
(General Matheson)
Kathleen Ryan
(Catriona Matheson)
Raymond Huntley
(Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.)
Sebastian Shaw
(Hugh Marvell, M.P.)
Fulton Mackay
(Andrew Flett)
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