Top billed cast

1. 

   Alan Bates

   Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown

2. 

   June Ritchie

   Ingrid Rothwell

3. 

   Thora Hird

   Mrs. Rothwell

4. 

   Bert Palmer

   Mr. Geoffrey Brown

5. 

   Pat Keen

   Christine Harris

6. 

   James Bolam

   Jeff

7. 

   Jack Smethurst

   Conroy

8. 

   Gwen Nelson

   Mrs. Brown

9. 

   John Ronane

   Draughtsman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-03-31

I can't say I was ever a great fan of Alan Bates, but he's really quite good in this - for the time - almost raunchy romantic drama. He is factory worker "Vic" who takes a bit of a shine to the shy "Ingrid" (June Ritchie) - well, she takes more of a shine to him, actually. What now ensues is a sort top-of-the-bus courtship, a movie, a snog on the beach and then... She becomes pregnant, a shotgun wedding follows and thought the pair do genuinely like one another, it's clear that there's some rather unpleasant writing on the wall. He's an ambitious character. His traditional working class roots ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$213,084.00

Revenue
$581,138.00

Keywords

• northern england
• based on novel or book
• working class
• black and white
• kitchen sink realism
• manchester
• 1960s
• british new wave
• father son relationship
• mother daughter relationship
• brother sister relationship
• draughtsman