The L-Shaped Room 1963  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Brock Peters, Cicely Courtneidge, Avis Bunnage, Emlyn Williams, Patricia Phoenix, Harry Locke, Bernard Lee, Kay Walsh, Anthony Booth, Avis Bunnage
Leslie Caron deftly portrays a single, French woman, June, who is pregnant–but not alone. Living in a London boarding house, she intermingles with the other residents as she tries to make sense out of her predicament. Caron received an Oscar nomination.
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 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Michael Redgrave, James Bolam, Alec McCowen, Peter Madden, Frank Finlay, James Fox, Joe Robinson, Dervis Ward, Topsy Jane, Julia Foster, John Thaw, Chris Williams, Christopher Parker
Young Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) is in reform school after joining his friend Mike (James Bolam) and stealing from a baker's shop. Colin's life seems to be going nowhere until the school's Governor (Michael Redgrave) convinces him to enter a race between students in the reform school and the pupils at the local public school. Now, Colin must balance his desire to win with his frustrations in what he believes is a less than praiseworthy system.
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker, Bryan Pringle, Norman Rossington, Avis Bunnage, Edna Morris, Colin Blakely, Peter Madden, Robert Cawdron, Irene Richmond, Anne Blake
This was Albert Finney's vehicle for stardom in which he plays Arthur Seaton, an unhappy factory worker in Nottingham. Brenda (Rachel Roberts) becomes his mistress–an unwise move–but finally Arthur's reason prevails and he opts for Doreen (Shirley Anne Field).
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| 1. Forbidden (1985)
2. The L-Shaped Room (1963)
3. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
4. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
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