Well, this image of the rural north with its Lordships, sheep-stealing and expensive health treatments is most certainly now a historical oddity. As with the other reviewer, I feel the sheepdog "Fleet" steals the show, as well as countless sheep. Percy Marmont is the best actor in the movie on two legs, the rest of the cast are rather wooden although Harry Welchman as Sir Ian is okay.
I watched the film feeling a certain sympathy for the "villain" (if there is such a thing), Burton who feels wronged when "Fleet" steals some of his sheep and takes them to the farm of Armstrong his owner, who owes him money cannot repay but fortunately has his lordship (an old friend and Justice of the Peace) in his corner.
One scene of the sheepdog in a raging torrent left me a little concerned.
Nice lake-land photography but general direction and script left a lot to be desired. Interesting to note that Mrs Armstrong goes for expensive surgery at around the time of the inception of our NHS, unlucky lady. Worth watching if you are interested in social history or British film warts and all.
I watched the film feeling a certain sympathy for the "villain" (if there is such a thing), Burton who feels wronged when "Fleet" steals some of his sheep and takes them to the farm of Armstrong his owner, who owes him money cannot repay but fortunately has his lordship (an old friend and Justice of the Peace) in his corner.
One scene of the sheepdog in a raging torrent left me a little concerned.
Nice lake-land photography but general direction and script left a lot to be desired. Interesting to note that Mrs Armstrong goes for expensive surgery at around the time of the inception of our NHS, unlucky lady. Worth watching if you are interested in social history or British film warts and all.