Director Karel Reisz's adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's novel about a hard-living factory worker and the married woman he seduces. Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) is a young man filled with a rage perhaps even he doesn't fully understand. Working in the tough environment of a Nottingham factory, he compensates for the drudgery and discipline of his weekday life with weekends spent drinking and womanising. His affair with a fellow factory worker's wife, Brenda (Rachel Roberts), seems especially ill-advised - particularly when Brenda informs him that she is pregnant with his child. With abortion illegal at the time, Arthur and Brenda face a difficult dilemma. Will Arthur face up to the kind of domestic responsibilities he openly scorns in his own parents, or run harder than ever?
- Region Code:
- Region 2
- Duration:
- 85 minutes
- Extras:
- DVD 9, Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.66, PCM Stereo, Commentary: with writer Alan Sillitoe, film historian Robert Murphy and cinematographer Freddie Francis, Documentaries: 'We Are the Lambeth Boys' (1959), Interviews: with Shirley Anne Field and Albert Finney