Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Release date 15th March 1960
Country : UK
Running time : 90 mins
Genre : Drama
Starring Albert Finney
Screenplay by Alan Sillitoe
Directed by Karl Reisz

A snapshot of the life of a brawling, boisterous factory worker stuck in a dreary industrial city.  Arthur Seaton has a contemptuous attitude to authority and likes to party. 

The epitome of the British New Wave this film excited audiences with the anti-establishment energy of its central performance and really set the standard for the depiction of a believable British working class. Today it looks fairly tame but gains points for being highly influential.

The producers refused to delete two love scenes which look extremely tame now so Warwickshire refused to show the film.

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