The Mill on the Floss

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.

Cast

James Mason

as Tom Tulliver

Geraldine Fitzgerald

as Maggie Tulliver

Frank Lawton

as Philip Wakem

Victoria Hopper

as Lucy Deane

Fay Compton

as Mrs. Tulliver

Griffith Jones

as Stephen Guest

Mary Clare

as Mrs. Moss

Athene Seyler

as Mrs. Pullet

Sam Livesey

as Mr. Tulliver

Amy Veness

as Mrs. Deane

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I have always been more of a fan of George Eliot's stories than of many of her more, shall we say, "sentimental" contemporaries. Her stories were grittier, with far more realistic characters - and this is one of her best. A childhood feud spills over into adulthood and some unique pig-headedness tha...

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