Look Back in Anger (1958, b/w)

LONDON LIVE, 2.40PM ★★★

This searing film of John Osborne’s play defined the “angry young men” drama of the Fifties. Richard Burton stars as Jimmy Porter, a workingclass man with a chip the size of the Royal Court Theatre on his shoulder, who torments his uppermiddle-class wife (Mary Ure) and claims to despise her visiting best friend Helena (Claire Bloom). It’s poignant, claustrophobic and sexually charged.