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A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.
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excellent kitchen sink drama from a bye-gone age
to anyone who lived through these times and these types of factory settings this film resonates.
The Burke character of the communist agitator invokes criticism of left bashing but anyone who had experience of the British motor/engineering industry in these times knows that it is much closer to the truth than many people want to believe.
However to those that think the film has right wing bias you only have to look at how the useless fat cat directors are portrayed (having no knowledge of the business they are taking large salaries from), hardly an advertisement of capitalism. Plus even the "sympathetic" management end up not supporting the worker who supported them, as bad as the agitator in their own way.
Good performances all round, outstanding from Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, an unusually good turn by Michael Craig and dependable Bernard Lee as the dim union man manipulated easily by the agitator.
A style of film-making gone now but interesting social commentary of the times. Recommended for social historians and affectionados of good acting.
The Burke character of the communist agitator invokes criticism of left bashing but anyone who had experience of the British motor/engineering industry in these times knows that it is much closer to the truth than many people want to believe.
However to those that think the film has right wing bias you only have to look at how the useless fat cat directors are portrayed (having no knowledge of the business they are taking large salaries from), hardly an advertisement of capitalism. Plus even the "sympathetic" management end up not supporting the worker who supported them, as bad as the agitator in their own way.
Good performances all round, outstanding from Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, an unusually good turn by Michael Craig and dependable Bernard Lee as the dim union man manipulated easily by the agitator.
A style of film-making gone now but interesting social commentary of the times. Recommended for social historians and affectionados of good acting.
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- Jan 29, 2007
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- £98,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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