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Up the Junction (1968)

Up the Junction poster
Directed by
Peter Collinson
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a privileged background moves to a working-class area of London and takes a job in a factory. She becomes involved with a local man and gets caught up in the lives and struggles of the people around her.

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What happens

Up the Junction is a 1968 British "kitchen sink" drama 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 soundtrack was by Manfred Mann. The film followed Ken Loach's BBC TV adaptation of 1965, but returned to the original book. It generated less controversy and impact than the Loach version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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