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The Angry Silence

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Drama, concluding the Saturday Matinee double bill written by Bryan Forbes and starring Richard Attenborough

When factory worker Tom Curtis refuses to join an unofficial strike, he is ostracised by his workmates, and finds enormous strain placed on his wife and young son.
(1960, PG) (B/W)

(The League of Gentlemen, another Bryan Forbes and Richard Attenborough collaboration, can be seen on Wednesday at 9.50am on BBC 1)
See Films: pages 49-56 ***

Contributors

Screenplay:
Bryan Forbes
Director:
Guy Green
Tom:
Richard Attenborough
Anna:
Pier Angeli
Joe Wallace:
Michael Craig
Bert Connolly:
Bernard Lee
Travers:
Alfred Burke
Davis:
Geoffrey Keen
Mick:
Oliver Reed
Source: Radio Times

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