| The Silver Darlings | |
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| Directed by | Clarence Elder |
| Written by | Clarence Elder |
| Based on | the novel by Neil M Gunn |
| Starring | Clifford Evans Helen Shingler |
| Cinematography | Francis Carver |
| Edited by | Max Brenner[2] |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £94,731[3] |
| Box office | £104,804 (UK)[4] |
The Silver Darlings is a 1947 British film about Scottish fishermen, based on a 1941 novel by Neil M. Gunn.[5]
The film is set in the early 19th century, after the Highland Clearances. Catrine and her family, like many other dispossessed Scots, turn their hands to fishing for herring, the "silver darlings" of the title. Catrine's husband is pressganged into the Royal Navy and dies at sea. Catrine is left widowed with a young son to raise.
After some time Roddy proposes to Catrine, but her son Finn, now older, is upset about the engagement. The fishermen are still trying to avoid conscription into the Royal Navy.[6]
As of 1 April 1950 the film had earned distributor's gross receipts of £33,783 in the UK, of which £21,836 went to the producer.[3]