A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Acting
Albert Finney's volcanic charisma masks crushing insecurity.
Direction
Reisz's documentary eye makes Nottingham feel suffocatingly real.
Writing
Sillitoe's dialogue cuts like broken glass at closing time.
Director
Karel Reisz
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