A kind of loving that knew no wrong until it was too late!
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.
- 7.0
- 1962
- Released
- 1h 52m
Alan Bates
Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
June Ritchie
Ingrid Rothwell
Thora Hird
Mrs. Rothwell
Bert Palmer
Mr. Geoffrey Brown
Pat Keen
Christine Harris
James Bolam
Jeff
Jack Smethurst
Conroy
Gwen Nelson
Mrs. BrownJohn Ronane
DraughtsmanDavid Mahlowe
David HarrisPatsy Rowlands
DorothyMichael Deacon
LesAnnette Robertson
PhoebeFred Ferris
Althorpe
Leonard Rossiter
WhymperMalcolm Patton
Jim BrownHarry Markham
Railwayman
Peter Madden
RegistrarNorman Heyes
Laisterdyke (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley
Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Yvonne Buckingham
Barmaid (uncredited)
Jerry Desmonde
TV Compère (uncredited)
Helen Fraser
Ingrid's Friend (uncredited)
Joe Gladwin
Bus Driver (uncredited)Reginald Green
Contestant (uncredited)Ruth Porcher
Dr. Parker (uncredited)Bud Ralston
Pub Comedian (uncredited)Edna Ridgway
Pub Pianist (uncredited)Graham Rigby
Pub Politician (uncredited)
Kathy Staff
Mrs. Oliphant (uncredited)Kathleen Walker
Woman in Dinner Queue (uncredited)Fred Wood
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Released
en
$213,084.00
$581,138.00
- #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
Reviews
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 w