A Place to Go

A Place to Go

1963 · 86 min · ★ 6.4 · Crime, Drama

Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-class at the time.

Directed by Basil Dearden · Written by Clive Exton

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