The Ragmans Daughter (DVD)

1972 film based on an Alan Sillitoe novel - a beautiful portrayal of a working class dead end boy who has a chance of breaking free. The door to a better life is briefly opened for him and he gets to see and feel what the other side is like. But his roots won't let him go, and he gets dragged back to face his dead end future, made all the more bleak by the knowledge that somewhere there really is a better life. No great name stars, and it's all been done before, but this film really strikes a chord, especially for those who remember the back streets... It's probably vitually impossible to get hold of a copy, but worth a bit of effort to find, and ...  Read the complete review