Directed by:
John SchlesingerCinematography:
Denys N. CoopComposer:
Ron GrainerCast:
Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Jerry Desmonde, Helen Fraser, James Bolam, Thora Hird, Pat Keen, Jack Smethurst, Patsy Rowlands, Leonard Rossiter, Peter Madden (more)Plots(1)
John Schlesinger's screen adaptation of Stan Barstow's 'kitchen-sink' novel tells a gritty story of love in an industrial Lancashire town. A young man, inching his way up from working-class traditions via a white-collar job, draftsman Vic Brown (Alan Bates) sleeps with Ingrid (June Ritchie), a young typist who works at the same factory as him, but soon loses interest in her. When she discovers that she is pregnant, Vic finds himself trapped by the frightening reality of his girlfriend's pregnancy and burdened with unwanted family responsibilities and an interfering mother-in-law (Thora Hird). But despite these circumstances, Vic and Ingrid try to find a way of living together, working their way towards 'a kind of loving'. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Alan Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267938_4141af.jpg)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
June Ritchie
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
![Jerry Desmonde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416766_b52642.jpg)
Jerry Desmonde
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The Early Bird (1965)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Helen Fraser
UK
Best movies:
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Repulsion (1965)
![James Bolam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739559_b47a98.jpg)
James Bolam
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
![Thora Hird](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739553_03a295.jpg)
Thora Hird
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
The Magic Box (1951)
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
![Pat Keen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477693_1ec584.jpg)
Pat Keen
UK
Best movies:
Shadowlands (1993)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)
Jack Smethurst
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
King Ralph (1991)
![Patsy Rowlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/386/161386707_fc159c.jpg)
Patsy Rowlands
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) (TV movie)
![Leonard Rossiter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125790_1658f8.jpg)
Leonard Rossiter
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
King Rat (1965)
![Peter Madden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439278_1c3ea6.gif)
Peter Madden
Malaysia
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Joe Gladwin
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Night Must Fall (1964)
Yanks (1979)
Gwen Nelson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Kathy Staff
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Fred Wood
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
Malcom Patton
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
John Ronane
UK
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
David Cook
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
King & Country (1964)
Brief Encounter (1974) (TV movie)
Fred Ferris
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Bert Palmer
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
All Creatures Great and Small (1975) (TV movie)