Lorna Doone
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Basil Dean
Casts & Crew
Victoria Hopper
John Loder
Margaret Lockwood
Roy Emerton
Mary Clare
Edward Rigby
Roger Livesey
George Curzon
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Laurence Hanray
Amy Veness
Eliot Makeham
Wyndham Goldie
Frank Cellier
Herbert Lomas
Peggy Blythe
Thea Holme
Peter Penrose
Toska Bissing
Arthur Hambling
Alexis France
June Holden
Jack Hawkins
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