The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
162 audience votes
Key crew
- Karel ReiszDirector
- Alan SillitoeScreenplay
- John DankworthOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Albert FinneyArthur Seaton
- Shirley Anne FieldDoreen
- Rachel RobertsBrenda
- Hylda BakerAunt Ada
- Norman RossingtonBert
- Bryan PringleJack
- Robert CawdronRobboe
- Avis BunnageBlousy Woman
- Colin BlakelyLoudmouth
- Peter MaddenDrunken Man
- Alister WilliamsonPoliceman
- Elsie WagstaffMrs. Seaton
Stills
Themes
factory workerenglandnottinghamworking classkitchen sink realism