Synopsis
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic84/100
147 audience votes
Key crew
- Neil PatersonScreenplay
- Jack ClaytonDirector
- Mordecai RichlerWriter
- Mario NascimbeneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence HarveyJoe Lampton
- Simone SignoretAlice Aisgill
- Heather SearsSusan Brown
- Donald WolfitMr. Brown
- Donald HoustonCharles Soames
- Hermione BaddeleyElspeth
- Beatrice VarleyAunt
- Allan CuthbertsonGeorge Aisgill
- Raymond HuntleyMr. Hoylake
- John WestbrookJack Wales
- Ambrosine PhillpottsMrs. Brown
- Richard PascoTeddy
Stills
Themes
small townnorthern englandbased on novel or bookblackmailpregnancyassaultloss of virginityyorkshireguiltnew jobdrunkennesskitchen sink realism