Sons and Lovers (1960)
- Starring:
- Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Cardiff
Synopsis of Sons and Lovers
The Motion Picture Production Code was still in effect (albeit weakly) when Sons and Lovers was filmed in 1960, so don't expect a thoroughly frank and faithful adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel. Set in an English mining town, the film focuses on Paul Morel (Dean Stockwell), the sensitive son of a roughhewn, alcoholic miner (Trevor Howard) and his gentle, repressed wife (Wendy Hiller). Intent on becoming an artist, Paul is not above depending upon the financial kindnesses of the young women of the town. Many of the girls carry a torch for him, but his strong bonds to his mother leave him emotionally sapped. Freddie Francis's evocative, grimy industrial-town cinematography won him an Academy Award. Despite censorial restrictions, this admirably captures the essence of the dour Lawrence original. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sons and Lovers
- Trevor Howard - Walter Morel
- Wendy Hiller - Gertrude Morel
- Heather Sears - Miriam Leivers
- Conrad Phillips - Baxter Dawes
- Ernst Thesiger - Henry Hadlock
- Ruth Dunning - Mrs. Leivers
- Edna Morris - Mrs. Anthony
- Sean Barrett - Arthur
- Susan Travers - Betty
- Sheila Bernette - Polly
- Dean Stockwell - Paul Morel
- Mary Ure - Clara Dawes
- William Lucas - William Morel
- Donald Pleasence - Pappleworth
- Rosalie Crutchley - Mrs. Leivers
- Elizabeth Begley - Mrs. Radford
- Ruth Kettlewell - Mrs. Bonner
- Philip Ray - Dr. Ansell
- Dorothy Gordon - Fanny
- Vilma Ann Leslie - Collie
- Director(s):
- Jack Cardiff
- Writer(s):
- Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke
- Producer(s):
- Jerry Wald
- 1960 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Director
- 1960 - National Board of Review - Best Actor
- 1960 - National Board of Review - Best Picture
- 1960 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
- 1960 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
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