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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Drama · Romance · 1960

A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.

Movie details

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

“Saturday night you have your fling at life...and Sunday morning you face up to it!”

1960 Drama · Romance 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Karel Reisz

Written by

Alan Sillitoe

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Arthur Seaton

Shirley Anne Field

Shirley Anne Field

Doreen

Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Brenda

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Hylda Baker

Aunt Ada

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Bert

Bryan Pringle

Bryan Pringle

Jack

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Robert Cawdron

Robboe

Court is in session

Put Saturday Night and Sunday Morning on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.