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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a British novel by Alan Sillitoe (his second, in 1958), a film starring Albert Finney, directed by Karel Reisz, adapted from the novel by its author, and later, in 1964, a success as a , adapted by David Brett for the Nottingham Playhouse, with the lead role one of the first played by Ian McKellan.

The film is considered to be the first of the social-realist, or "kitchen sink drama" of the 1960's, such as Tony Richardson's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
(from Alan Sillitoe's 1959 collection of short stories of the same name) and A Taste of Honey
, and John Schlesinger's A Kind of Loving and Billy Liar
. It was at the forefront of the British New Wave, films dealing with working class issues in a serious manner for the first time, and portraying the more realistic side of everyday issues such as sex, unwanted pregnancy and abortion.

The following plot summary refers to the film version which differs from the novel's plot in several key areas. It tells the story of Arthur Seaton, a young Nottingham factory worker, who is having an affair with Brenda, who is the wife of an older co-worker. He also has a relationship with a woman closer to his own age called Doreen. When Brenda gets pregnant, Arthur takes her to see his aunt to perform an illegal abortion, which fails. Her husband discovers the affair and gets his brother who is a soldier on home leave and his brothers friend to attack Arthur. Brenda decides to keep the baby and bring it up as her husband's son. The film ends on an ambiguous note, with Arthur and Doreen discussing marriage and the prospect of a new home.

Cast

Albert Finney
as Arthur Seaton
Shirley Anne Field as Doreen
Rachel Roberts
as Brenda
Hylda Baker
as Aunt Ada
Norman Rossington as Bert
Bryan Pringle as Jack
Robert Cawdron as Robboe
Edna Morris as Mrs. Bull
Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs. Seaton
Frank Pettitt as Mr. Seaton
Avis Bunnage as Mousy Woman
Colin Blakely as Loudmouth
Irene Richmond as Doreen's Mother
Louise Dunn as Betty
Anne Blake as Civil Defence Officer
Peter Madden as Drunken Man
Cameron Hall as Mr. Bull
Alister Williamson as Police Constable

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