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DRAMA

A working class girl struggles to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor.

name	character
Michael Bilton	Landlord
Eunice Black	Schoolteacher
David Boliver	Bert
Dora Bryan	Helen
Margo Cunningham	Landlady
Paul Danquah	Jimmy
Veronica Howard	Gladys
Moira Kaye	Doris
Murray Melvin	Geoffrey Ingham
Robert Stephens	Peter Smith
Rita Tushingham	Jo
Rosalie Williams	Nurse

name
John Addison	composer
Shelagh Delaney	screenplay
Tony Richardson	director, screenplay, producer

year	award	category	name
1961	BAFTA	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Dora Bryan
1961	BAFTA	Best British Film