Look Back in Anger
“The story that peels bare the raging emotions of today's angry young generation!”
1959 · 1 h 38 min
Tony RichardsonCast
Richard Burton 
Claire Bloom 
Mary Ure 
Edith Evans 
Gary Raymond Glen Byam Shaw
Credits
Written by: 
John Osborne
Plot
A bitter, working-class university graduate takes out his anger on his wife and friends.
Sinekatalog’s take
Tony Richardson's kitchen-sink drama, with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom, is intense and angry, a landmark of British cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (4,856 votes)
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