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 stage play, adapted by David Brett for the Nottingham Playhouse, with the lead role one of the first played by Ian McKellan. Alan Sillitoe (born March 4, 1928) is an English writer, one of the Angry Young Men of the 1950s. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Albert Finney Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. ... Karel Reisz (born 1926, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, died London, United Kingdom, 2002) was a Jewish refugee who became one of the most important film-makers in post war Britain. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham. ... Sir Ian McKellen takes a day out at Universal Studios, Hollywood, April 2000. ...

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 third novel of 1959) 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. Social Realism is a term used to describe visual and other realistic arts depicting working class activities as heroic, especially common in communist countries. ... Kitchen sink drama was a recognisable British cultural movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... Tony Richardson (June 5, 1928 - November 14, 1991) was a British director. ... The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a short story by Alan Sillitoe, as well as the name of the collection in which the story has been published. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Taste of Honey is play by British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, first produced in 1958. ... John Richard Schlesinger (February 16, 1926–July 25, 2003) was a British film director. ... Billy Liar (1959) is a novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, film, musical and TV series. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sex positions Francoeur, Robert T. (ed. ...

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. Nottingham is a city located in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. ...

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

Albert Finney Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. ... Rachel Roberts (September 20, 1927 - November 26, 1980) was a British actress. ... Hylda Baker was born in Farnworth near Bolton (February 4, 1908 - May 1, 1986). ...

External links

• IMDb page
• British Film Institute article