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65% Critic Match
Sons and Lovers
“You'll never forget the young lovers in...”
6.5 / 10• 1960• 1h 43m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Mary Ure
Clara Dawes
Lead
Trevor Howard
Walter Morel
Dean Stockwell
Paul Morel
Wendy Hiller
Gertrude Morel
Heather Sears
Miriam Leivers
William Lucas
William Morel
Conrad Phillips
Baxter Dawes
Ernest Thesiger
Mr. Hadlock
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Cardiff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sons and Lovers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
