Up the Junction (film)
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Release date 25 January 1968 (1968-01-25) (UK) Writer Roger Smith (screenplay), Nell Dunn (adapted from the book by) Cast (Polly), (Pete), (Sylvie), (Rube), (Mrs. McCarthy), Linda Cole (Pauline)Similar movies Southland Tales , Clandestine Abortion , Scattered Clouds , The Yellow Teddy Bears , Choices , Titanic Tagline Don't get caught was what she wasn't taught. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Up the junction pub scene 1968
Up the Junction is a 1968 British film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Dennis Waterman, Suzy Kendall, Adrienne Posta, Maureen Lipman and Liz Fraser. It is based on the 1963 book of the same name by Nell Dunn and was adapted by Roger Smith. The film's soundtrack was made by Manfred Mann. The film followed Ken Loach's BBC TV adaptation of 1965, but returned to the original book. It did not cause a similar controversy or have as much impact.
Contents
- Up the junction pub scene 1968
- Similar Movies
- Up the junction 1968 opening title sequence and song
- Plot summary
- References
Similar Movies
Vera Drake (2004). Suzy Kendall appears in Up the Junction and The Penthouse. A Kind of Loving (1962). Hylda Baker appears in Up the Junction and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Born Equal (2006).
Up the junction 1968 opening title sequence and song
Plot summary
Wealthy young heiress Polly Dean (Suzy Kendall) gives up a privileged life in Chelsea and moves to a working-class community in Battersea, where she takes a job in a confectionery factory in an attempt to distance herself from her moneyed upbringing and make her own living. She becomes friends with two working-class sisters, Sylvie (Maureen Lipman) and Rube (Adrienne Posta). Rube becomes pregnant and has a traumatic illegal abortion. Tragedy then strikes when Rube's boyfriend Terry (Michael Gothard) is killed in a motorcycle accident.
Meanwhile, Polly begins a relationship with a working-class boy named Pete (Dennis Waterman). Pete envies Polly's access to an easy life, and is frustrated by her rejection of the upper-class lifestyle. Pete and Polly's relationship ends in turmoil when Pete, after stealing a car in an attempt to woo Polly, is caught and sentenced to a prison term.
References
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