Master of Bankdam
- Anne Crawford Anne Pickersgill
- Dennis Price: Joshua Crowther
- Tom Walls: Simeon Crowther Sr.
- Stephen Murray: Zebediah Crowther
- Linden Travers: Clara Baker
- Jimmy Hanley: Simeon Crowther Jr.
- Nancy Price: Lydia Crowther
- David Tomlinson: Lancelot trade Crowther
- Patrick Holt: Lemuel Pickersgill
- Herbert Lomas: Tom France
- Frederick Piper: Ben Pickersgill
- Beatrice Varley: Mrs. Pickersgill
- Raymond Rollett: Trade Baker
- April Stride: Sophie Teresa Crowther
- Avis Scott: Mary Crowther
- Nicholas Parsons: Edgar Hoylehouse
- Shelagh Fraser: Alice France
The weavers of Bankdam ( Original title: Master of Bankdam ) is a British film drama directed by Walter Forde from 1947 with Anne Crawford, Dennis Price and Tom Walls in the lead roles. The film was produced by the Holbein film for the Rank Organisation after the novel The Crowthers of Bankdam by Thomas Armstrong.
Action
The small town Ramsfield in the county of Yorkshire in 1860: In just three generations grows smallest local weaving into one of the wealthiest companies in the city in the Crowther family. But capitalism to Manchester Art ultimately shows its ugly head. Greed and megalomania drive the family to the brink of ruin. The existence of all is at stake.
The brothers Zebediah and Joshua Crowther, two completely opposite characters are now fighting, after the decline of the once prosperous company with her father to the dominance of arch-conservative -run business in the Victorian era. Each of the two very different brothers struggling for absolute power, control of the family inventory and heritage of weaving Bankdam tries to take over. The war is being fought fiercely and with all means. As Joshua dies in an accident in the factory at the end, familiar Zebediah who is himself mortally ill, the legacy of Bankdam not his own Son, but Joshua's son Simeon, who, after his firm conviction as the new Lord of Bankdam the family back to its heyday will result.
Reviews
" Two dissimilar sons of a weaving mill in Yorkshire entrepreneur struggling mid-19th century to the stock of family and heritage. Good British cinema entertainment with a convincing character drawing. "
Production Notes
The conductor was Muir Mathieson. Sound engineer was Tommy Meyers. The buildings were designed by George Paterson. Gerry Fletcher was responsible as a makeup artist. For the special effects Jack Whitehead made . The costumes delivered Doris Lee. Production manager, Michael F. Johnson. Location of the film were the Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on -Thames, Surrey, in England.