Drama · United Kingdom · 1960 · 1h 43m

Sons and Lovers

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Director
Jack Cardiff
Cast
Mary Ure as Clara Dawes Trevor Howard as Walter Morel Dean Stockwell as Paul Morel Wendy Hiller as Gertrude Morel Heather Sears as Miriam Leivers William Lucas as William Morel
Crew
Freddie Francis — Director of Photography Gordon Pilkington — Editor Mario Nascimbene — Original Music Composer Gavin Lambert — Screenplay T. E. B. Clarke — Screenplay D. H. Lawrence — Novel
Tagline

You'll never forget the young lovers in...

Synopsis

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

Trailer Sons and Lovers — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookheart attackfamily relationshipsnottinghamblack and whitemining towndeath of mothercoal minedrunkenness1900s
Key Collaborators
Jack Cardiff Director Freddie Francis Director of Photography Gordon Pilkington Editor Mario Nascimbene Original Music Composer Gavin Lambert Screenplay T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay D. H. Lawrence Novel
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