The Skin Game

Feb 26, 1931

1h 22m

★ 5.4

Ancestral pride v. Industrial progress.

Overview

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

British International Pictures

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Cast

Mr. Hillcrist

C. V. France

Mrs. Hillcrist

Helen Haye

Jill Hillcrist

Jill Esmond

Mr. Hornblower

Edmund Gwenn

Charles Hornblower

John Longden

Chloe Hornblower

Phyllis Konstam

Rolf Hornblower

Frank Lawton

Dawker

Edward Chapman

Mrs. Jackman

Dora Gregory

Second Stranger

George Bancroft

First Stranger

R.E. Jeffrey

Mr. Jackman

Herbert Ross

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