Short film
Beyond Price
1947 · 34 min
A gentle, instructive slice of coastal working life, more interested in mussels and oysters than in drama.
- Directed by
- Cecil H. Williamson
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Starring
- Frederick Allen, Arnold Bell
- Overview
- Dramatised documentary on Mussel fishing and oyster breeding: A man is washed ashore and then hospitalised, the police interview him about the pearls he is carrying. His response offers an account of his life in the North Wales coastal town of Conwy - mussel fishing, lobstering, an oyster breeding research centre and his experiences pearl fishing in the south seas and trawling off Iceland.
- How it feels
- Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Work, survival, nature, memory
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Cecil H. Williamson
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Starring
- Frederick Allen, Arnold Bell