The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Joan LittlewoodDirector
- Stanley BlackOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen LewisWriter
- James StevensOriginal Music Composer
- Joan LittlewoodScreenplay
- Stephen LewisScreenplay
Cast
- James BoothCharlie Gooding
- Barbara WindsorMaggie Gooding
- Roy KinnearFred Gooding
- Avis BunnageBridgie Gooding
- Brian MurphyJack
- George SewellBert
- Barbara FerrisNellie Gooding
- Griffith DaviesChunky
- Murray MelvinGeorgie
- Arthur MullardTed
- Peggy Ann CliffordTed's Wife
- Wally PatchWatchman
Stills
Themes
woman director