Laxdale Hall

Laxdale Hall
British quad poster by Lancaster
Directed byJohn Eldridge
Written byAlfred Shaughnessy
John Eldridge
Based onnovel Laxdale Hall by Eric Linklater
Produced byAlfred Shaughnessy
StarringRonald Squire
Kathleen Ryan
Raymond Huntley
Sebastian Shaw
CinematographyArthur Grant
Ken Hodges
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byFrank Spencer
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé (UK)
Release dates
  • April 1953 (1953-04) (UK)
  • 5 June 1954 (1954-06-05) (USA)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] Released in the U.S. as Scotch on the Rocks, it was adapted from the 1951 novel Laxdale Hall by Eric Linklater.[2]

The story is one of the few to touch on the British Town Planning system – mocking the New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68).

  1. ^ "Laxdale Hall (1953)". Archived from the original on 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Scotch on the Rocks (1952) - John Eldridge - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".