Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

1980 · 100 min · ★ 4.3 · Drama, TV Movie

Jimmy is a self-loathing and frustrated musician who works at a candy shop. He takes out his rage on his long suffering wife and his business partner and best friend, who lives next door. Jimmy's marital problems come to a head when his wife discovers that she's pregnant and one of her friends, an actress, comes to stay with them. Based on the play, the story takes place in England in the 1950's.

Directed by Lindsay Anderson · Written by John Osborne

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Malcolm McDowell Jimmy Porter
Lisa Banes Alison Porter
Fran Brill Helena Charles
Robert Burr Cliff Lewis
Raymond Hardie Colonel Redfern

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