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Up the Junction is a British film of genre Drama directed by Peter Collinson released in USA on 12 march 1968 with Dennis Waterman
Up the Junction (1968)
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Add to a movie listUp the Junction is a 1968 British film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Dennis Waterman, Suzy Kendall, Adrienne Posta, Maureen Lipman and Liz Fraser. It is based on the 1963 book of the same name by Nell Dunn and was adapted by Roger Smith. The film's soundtrack was made by Manfred Mann. The film followed the Ken Loach's BBC TV adaptation in 1965, but returned to the original book. It did not cause a similar controversy or have as much impact.
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Polly Dean (Suzy Kendall) gives up a privileged life in Chelsea and moves to a working-class community in Battersea where she takes a job in a confectionery factory in an attempt to distance herself from her moneyed upbringing and make her own living. She becomes friends with two working-class sisters and forms a relationship with a working-class boy who envies her access to an easy life and is frustrated by her denial of it. When Polly's friend becomes pregnant she decides to have an illegal abortion. Tragedy hits when a motorcycle accident kills one of the friends.Actors
Dennis Waterman
(Pete)
Suzy Kendall
(Polly)
Adrienne Posta
(Rube)
Maureen Lipman
(Sylvie)
Liz Fraser
(Mrs. McCarthy)
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