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Synopsis
Archetypal British "angry young man" Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) is a college-educated bloke who can't seem to get any better job than working in a candy store. Jimmy's relationship with his wife Alison (Mary Ure) alternates between hugs and kisses when he's feeling good and verbal abuse when he's down on himself, which is often. Alison's best friend Helena Charles (Claire Bloom) advises Alison to escape her injurious marriage. Left with no one for a punching bag, Jimmy romances Helena. Having suffered a miscarriage, Alison returns, and Helena walks out of Jimmy's life. In keeping with its depiction of the dead-end existence of most of England's working poor in the late 1950s, nothing is truly resolved in Look Back in Anger. Playwright John Osborne (at that time married to Mary Ure) uses Jimmy Porter as a spokesman for Osborne's own spleen-venting harangues against the British government and class system. Not only did Look Back in Anger spawn a new genre of British social-protest films, but it also inspired two remakes, both filmed for television. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Claire Bloom Helena Charles
George Devine Doctor
Edith Evans Mrs. Tanner
Walter Hudd Actor
Donald Pleasence Hurst
Gary Raymond Cliff Lewis
Glen Byam Shaw Col. Redfern
Mary Ure Alison Porter
Richard Burton Jimmy Porter
Ann Dickins Girl A.S.M.
Bernice Swanson Sally

Production Crew

Peter Glazier Art Director
Oswald Morris Cinematographer
John Addison Composer (Music Score)
Jocelyn Rickards Costume Designer
Tony Richardson Director
Richard Best Editor
John Addison Musical Direction/Supervision
John Osborne Play Author
Harry Saltzman Producer
John Osborne Screenwriter
Nigel Kneale Screenwriter
Year: 1958
Runtime: 99
Country: UK
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Associated British Picture Corporation
Pathé Films
Warner Brothers
Woodfall

Awards
1959 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
1959 - Best Foreign Film - National Board of Review
1959 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
1959 - Best British Film - British Academy of Film and Television