''Hard Steel'' is a 1942 British

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directed by

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and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Betty Stockfeld and John Stuart. It was based on the novel ''Steel Saraband'' by Roger Dataller. The film was one of four made by G.H.W. Productions backed by the

Rank Organisation The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribu ...

.Murphy p.63 The film follows the rise of an ambitious

steel Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...

worker as he is appointed to run his local steel mill. He soon outrages the employees with his ruthless behaviour - and his negligence leads to the accidental death of one of the workers. As the

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breaks out he realises what he has become, and seeks a chance of redemption.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Murphy, Robert. ''Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48''. Routledge, 1992.

External links

* 1942 films 1942 drama films British drama films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Norman Walker Films set in England Films based on British novels Films set in the 1930s Films set in Sheffield British black-and-white films Films scored by Percival Mackey 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-film-stub