Tag Archives: working class

Till Death Us Do Part

IMDB Rating: 6.00
100 votes

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The film version of '"Till Death Do Us Part" (1965)' . tells the story of Alf Garnett and his family living through the London Blitz.
Actors
Alf GarnettWarren Mitchell
Else GarnettDandy Nichols
RitaUna Stubbs
Also posted in 1969, Comedy | Comments (0)

On the Buses

IMDB Rating: 5.00
295 votes

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Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of no overtime and, therefore, less wages, he joins forces with his long time work colleague Jack to sabotage the new female employees.
Actors
Stan ButlerReg Varney
Stan's MumDoris Hare
Arthur, Stan's Brother-in-LawMichael Robbins
Also posted in 1971, Comedy | Comments (0)

Steptoe and Son

IMDB Rating: 6.10
205 votes

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Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper. Fine, but he marries her and takes her home Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.
Actors
Albert SteptoeWilfrid Brambell
Harold Kitchener SteptoeHarry H. Corbett
ZitaCarolyn Seymour
Also posted in 1972, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Full Monty

IMDB Rating: 7.20
30394 votes

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Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Actors
DaveMark Addy
GazRobert Carlyle
NathanWilliam Snape
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Fracture

IMDB Rating: 6.80
3180 votes

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Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in predictable ways.
Actors
Ted CrawfordAnthony Hopkins
Willy BeachumRyan Gosling
Joe LobrutoDavid Strathairn
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

All or Nothing

IMDB Rating: 7.50
2497 votes

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Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set on a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbors, some of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience an emotional journey.
Actors
PhilTimothy Spall
PennyLesley Manville
RachelAlison Garland
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Spider

IMDB Rating: 6.80
8740 votes

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Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience his increasingly fragile grip on reality.
Actors
Dennis ('Spider') ClegRalph Fiennes
Yvonne/Mrs. ClegMiranda Richardson
Bill ClegGabriel Byrne
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)