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Sons and Lovers (1960)

103 mins

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DRAMA

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

name	character
Sean Barrett	Arthur Morel
Elizabeth Begley	Mrs. Radford
Rosalie Crutchley	Mrs. Leivers
Wendy Hiller	Gertrude Morel
Trevor Howard	Walter Morel
Donald Pleasence	Mr. Puppleworth
Heather Sears	Miriam Leivers
Dean Stockwell	Paul Morel
Ernest Thesiger	Mr. Hadlock
Susan Travers	Betty
Mary Ure	Clara Dawes

name
Jack Cardiff	director
Gavin Lambert	screenplay
D.H. Lawrence	writer (original)
Mario Nascimbene	composer

award	category	name	year
Golden Globe Award	Best Director	Jack Cardiff	1960

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