A young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.A young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.A young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.
Michael Sarne
- Ricky Flint
- (as Mike Sarne)
Paul Beradi
- Magistrates Court Official
- (uncredited)
Jim Brady
- Man Walking Through Market
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
- Eastender Waving From Lorry
- (uncredited)
Steven Counterman
- Boy Throwing Stones at House
- (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
- Man at Greyhound Stadium
- (uncredited)
J.G. Devlin
- Neighbour
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaScenes for this film were shot at Clapton Greyhound Stadium. Clapton dog track opened 1928, closed 1974.
- GoofsWhen Ricky 'borrows' his brother-in-law's lorry, the front left headlight isn't working. In the next shot it is and then isn't again subsequently.
This is quite possible, but in the UK post WW2 it was a requirement for headlights to operate on a 'dip and out' system where on full beam both lamps were lit, but on dip beam the kerbside lamp was turned off while the off side lamp was dipped but still illuminated.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Welsh Greats: Doris Hare (2012)
- SoundtracksA Place to Go
Music and Lyrics by Charles Blackwell
In Collaboration with Michael Sarne (as Mike Sarne)
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It is not so much about the crime story as the social culture that is documented in Bethnal Green in the mid 1960s.
This isn't swinging London, this is gritty down to earth poor London.
The living conditions, the workplace and the desire for something better drives this film into something more than just another B&W also ran compared with the likes of A Kind of Loving and Taste of Honey.
It is summed up with the mother's observations of her life as she walked with her son down the street at the end.
The washhouse is a particular eye opener. This was only 60 years ago.
This isn't swinging London, this is gritty down to earth poor London.
The living conditions, the workplace and the desire for something better drives this film into something more than just another B&W also ran compared with the likes of A Kind of Loving and Taste of Honey.
It is summed up with the mother's observations of her life as she walked with her son down the street at the end.
The washhouse is a particular eye opener. This was only 60 years ago.
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Bethnal Green
- Filming locations
- Bethnal Green, London, England, UK(studio: made on location in)
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- Budget
- £155,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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