According to Nicholas Parsons's memoirs, he was first offered David Tomlinson's role of Lancelot Handel Crowther but because of other commitments had to accept a lesser role.
This was the final film edited by Terence Fisher before he began his directing career with A Song for Tomorrow (1948).
To place this movie in historical perspective: the story concerns the ruthless treatment of the working class by the factory owners, and the workers' justifiable vehement objections. The film was made after Churchill and the Conservatives were voted out and Clement Atlee of the Labour Party had been chosen as Prime Minister.
This film received its initial USA telecasts in Chicago on Grand Marquee Saturday 8 April 1950 on WGN (Channel 9), and on NBC Cinema Playhouse Tuesday 18 July 1950 in New York City on WNBT (Channel 4), in Baltimore on WBAL (Channel 11), in Detroit on WWJ (Channel 4), in Cleveland on WNBK (Channel 4), in St. Louis on KSD (Channel 5) and in Detroit on WJBK (Channel 2).
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By what name was The Master of Bankdam (1947) officially released in Canada in English?
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