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Sons and Lovers

6.519601h 43mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorJack Cardiff
WritersGavin Lambert·T. E. B. Clarke

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Cast · Directed by Jack Cardiff

MUMary Ure
Mary Ure
Clara Dawes
THTrevor Howard
Trevor Howard
Walter Morel
DSDean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell
Paul Morel
WHWendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller
Gertrude Morel
HSHeather Sears
Heather Sears
Miriam Leivers
WLWilliam Lucas
William Lucas
William Morel
CPConrad Phillips
Conrad Phillips
Baxter Dawes
ETErnest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger
Mr. Hadlock
DPDonald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Mr. Pappleworth
RCRosalie Crutchley
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Leivers
SBSean Barrett
Sean Barrett
Arthur Morel
EB
Elizabeth Begley
Mrs. Radford

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