The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
62 audience votes
Key crew
- John SchlesingerDirector
- Willis HallScreenplay
- Keith WaterhouseScreenplay
- Ron GrainerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan BatesVictor 'Vic' Brown
- June RitchieIngrid Rothwell
- Thora HirdMrs. Rothwell
- Bert PalmerMr. Geoffrey Brown
- Pat KeenChristine Harris
- James BolamJeff
- Jack SmethurstConroy
- Gwen NelsonMrs. Brown
- John RonaneDraughtsman
- David MahloweDavid Harris
- Patsy RowlandsDorothy
- Michael DeaconLes
Stills
Themes
northern englandbased on novel or bookworking classblack and whitekitchen sink realismforced marriagemanchester1960sunplanned pregnancybritish new wavefather son relationshipmother daughter relationship