The Labour Leader is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Fred Groves, Fay Compton and Owen Nares. The film was based on an original screenplay by Kenelm Foss.^[1]

After his friend impregnates a laundress, a socialist marries her while navigating his own rise to become a Labour Party Member of Parliament.

• Fred Groves as John Webster
• Fay Compton as Diana Hazlitt
• Owen Nares as Gilbert Hazlitt
• Christine Silver as Nell Slade
• Lauri de Frece as Bert Slade
• Frederick Volpe as Sir George Hazlitt

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005.

• The Labour Leader at IMDb

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