A Kind of Loving (1962)
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This well-wrought romance takes place in Lancashire, England in an industrial area where Vic (Alan Bates) and Ingrid (June Ritchie) work in the same factory. He is a draftsman who wants only a physical relationship with the woman of his choice (Ingrid), and she is a typist who wants true love with the man she is interested in (Vic). In carefully handled scenes throughout, Vic and Ingrid get together but with consequences neither could have foreseen. Ingrid becomes pregnant, and that one indisputable fact tests the mettle of their relationship more than anything else they could have imagined. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alan Bates, June Ritchie, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Schlesinger
Synopsis of A Kind of Loving
This well-wrought romance takes place in Lancashire, England in an industrial area where Vic (Alan Bates) and Ingrid (June Ritchie) work in the same factory. He is a draftsman who wants only a physical relationship with the woman of his choice (Ingrid), and she is a typist who wants true love with the man she is interested in (Vic). In carefully handled scenes throughout, Vic and Ingrid get together but with consequences neither could have foreseen. Ingrid becomes pregnant, and that one indisputable fact tests the mettle of their relationship more than anything else they could have imagined. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Kind of Loving
- Alan Bates - Vic Brown
- Thora Hird - Mrs. Rothwell
- Bert Palmer - Mr. Brown
- Gwen Nelson - Mrs. Brown
- Pat Keen - Christine
- Patsy Rowlands - Dorothy
- Jerry Desmonde - Television Compere
- Annette Robertson - Phoebe
- Bryan Mosley - Bus Driver
- Joe Gladwin - Bus Driver
- John Ronane - Draughtsman
- June Ritchie - Ingrid Rothwell
- James Bolam - Jeff
- Leonard Rossiter - Whymper
- Malcolm Patton - Jim Brown
- Jack Smethurst - Conroy
- Peter Madden - Registrar
- Harry Markham - Railwayman
- David Cook - Draughtsman
- Reginald Green - Contestant
- Kathy Staff - Mrs. Oliphant
- Director(s):
- John Schlesinger
- Writer(s):
- Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Janni
- 1962 - Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
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