Directed by:
Tony RichardsonCinematography:
Oswald MorrisCast:
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans, Gary Raymond, Donald Pleasence, Walter Hudd, John Dearth, Nigel Davenport, Alfred Lynch, Toke Townley (more)VOD (1)
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Shot by the great Oswald Morris, Look Back in Anger opens with an extraordinary jazz-club scene. Trumpeter Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) - a disillusioned, college-educated bloke, raging against the establishment - works by day on a sweet stall in the market. His middle-class wife suffers the brunt of his tirades but when he vent his anger by having an affair with her best friend, the consequences prove far-reaching for all involved. Tony Richardson's feature debut is the epitome of the kitchen-sink drama that spawned a new genre of British films and heralded the liberated Swinging Sixties. Apposite for current times and still uncomfortably compelling, the film features an astonishing performance by Burton that earned him his second of six Golden Globe nominations. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Claire Bloom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The King's Speech (2010)
Limelight (1952)
Mary Ure
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Custer of the West (1967)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
Edith Evans
UK
Best movies:
Gary Raymond
UK
Best movies:
El Cid (1961)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Donald Pleasence
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Walter Hudd
UK
Best movies:
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
John Dearth
UK
Best movies:
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Danger Within (1959)
Nigel Davenport
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
Alfred Lynch
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Password is Courage (1962)
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Toke Townley
UK
Best movies:
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
The Chalk Garden (1964)
Michael Balfour
UK
Best movies:
Batman (1989)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Charles Saynor
Best movies:
An Inspector Calls (1954)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
Steven Scott
Best movies:
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
Jack Sharp
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Captain Clegg (1962)
Stanley Van Beers
UK
Best movies:
The Dam Busters (1955)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Catherine Willmer
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
An Inspector Calls (1954)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Abner Biberman (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Rains Came (1939)