South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd.

[4] Hugh Stewart who edited it called it "one of the very best scripts ever written".

[5] TV Guide wrote, "Not an altogether satisfying love story, it is more interesting as a portrait of pre-WW II life in the country.

Excellent sets by Meerson and well shot by Stradling";[6] while Time Out wrote, "Saville carries Winifred Holtby's tart, witty exposé of Yorkshire power politics to the screen with breathtaking, and totally unexpected, panache.

"[7] Leonard Maltin called it "Smoothly made and superbly acted by a flawless cast.