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The Master of Bankdam is a British film of genre Drama directed by Walter Forde released in USA on 15 october 1949 with Anne Crawford
The Master of Bankdam (1947)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 october 1949
Length 1h45
Directed by Walter Forde
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating67%
The Master of Bankdam is a 1947 British historical film directed by Walter Forde from the novel, The Crowthers of Bankdam, by Thomas Armstrong. It stars Anne Crawford, Dennis Price, Tom Walls, Stephen Murray, Linden Travers and David Tomlinson. Two generations of brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th-century Yorkshire.
Synopsis
The film is the story of Bankdam, a small Yorkshire Mill. Run by the Crowther family, around 1860 it prospers and grows under its patriarch owner, Simeon Crowther. After family upheavals the firm goes through several crises under the management of his sons Zebediah and Joshua, who tend in oppose one and other. Joshua dies with many others in Mill collapse, partially blamed on his brother Zebediah. Joshua's role is taken over by his son Simeon. The old patriarch, Simeon dies. Zebediah with ill health retires to Vienna for treatment leaving his son, Lancelot Handel, with power of attorney in his absence. Things at the Mill deteriorate and a fatally ill, Zebediah returns and, with a mob outside the door, in a final scene he makes amends and entrusts Bankdam, not to his own son, but to Simeon as he realises that he is the only person that can save Bankham.Actors
Anne Crawford
(Anne Pickersgill)
Dennis Price
(Joshua Crowther)
Linden Travers
(Clara Baker)
David Tomlinson
(Lancelot Handel Crowther)
Tom Walls
(Simeon Crowther Sr.)
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