Up the Junction
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Collinson
Suzy Kendall
Dennis Waterman
Adrienne Posta
Maureen Lipman
Michael Gothard
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Synopsis
Bored by the comfortable life in Chelsea, Polly is chauffered in her Rolls-Royce to the drab working-class district of Battersea in London's Clapham Junction section. She takes a job in a candy factory where she makes friends with two sisters, Rube and Sylvie. After moving into a dingy flat, Polly goes shopping for furniture at a junk shop and meets Peter, a young employee there. He blurts out an invitation for a date, and Polly accepts. Although Polly is entranced by her new environment, Peter sees only the poverty and ugliness. He takes her to his dilapidated childhood home, and they make love in Peter's old bedroom. Some time later, Polly learns that Rube is pregnant by her boyfriend Terry and accompanies her to a disreputable abortionist. Rube eventually announces her engagement to Terry, but on the night of their rowdy celebration, Terry is killed in a motorcycle accident. Upset by her friends' problems, Polly accepts Peter's invitation to spend a weekend at a fashionable seaside resort hotel. Peter declares his love for her and surprises her by proposing marriage, but after discussing the subject and bitterly quarreling, they realize the extent of the differences between them. While driving back to Battersea, he is arrested for stealing the car that he supposedly rented for the weekend. He is ultimately sentenced to 6 months in jail, and Polly watches as a police van takes him away.
Director
Peter Collinson
Cast
Suzy Kendall
Dennis Waterman
Adrienne Posta
Maureen Lipman
Michael Gothard
Liz Fraser
Hylda Baker
Alfie Bass
Linda Cole
Doreen Herrington
Jessie Robins
Ruby Head
Barbara Archer
Susan George
Sandra Williams
Aubrey Morris
Michael Robbins
Billy Murray
Michael Standing
Stephen Whittaker
Shaun Curry
Leslie Meadows
Anthony Sharman
Peter Attard
Douglas Sheldon
Queenie Watts
Olwen Griffith
Lockwood West
Mark Moss
Michael Barrington
Yvonne Manners
Harry Hutchinson
Larry Martyn
Mike Martin
Ronald Clarke
Jack Phillips
Gladys Dawson
Derek Ware
The Delacardos
Crew
Ray Beck
Carol Beckett
Brian Bennett
John Brabourne
Doreen Dearnaley
Michael Dryhurst
Harry Fairbairn
Harry Fine
Richard Gill
David Griffith
Dore Hamilton
Anthony Havelock-allan
Mike Hugg
Gerry Humphreys
Ken Jones
Arthur Lavis
Manfred Mann
Ron Robson
Roger Smith
George Stephenson
Roy Taylor
John Trumper
John Twine
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Location scenes filmed in the Battersea section of London. Opened in London in January 1968. Dunn's novel was originally adapted for British television in 1965.
