Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( film ) - wikipedia Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( film ) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Original British quad format cinema poster Directed by Karel Reisz Produced by Tony Richardson Harry Saltzman ( executive producer ) Written by Alan Sillitoe Starring Albert Finney Shirley Anne Field Rachel Roberts Hylda Baker Norman Rossington Music by John Dankworth Cinematography Freddie Francis Edited by Seth Holt Production company Woodfall Film Productions Distributed by Bryanston Films ( UK ) Release date 27 October 1960 ( 1960 - 10 - 27 ) ( UK ) Running time 89 min Country United Kingdom Language English Budget £ 100,000 or £ 120,000 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a 1960 British drama film directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name by Alan Sillitoe, who also wrote the screenplay adaptation. The film is about a young machinist who spends his weekends drinking and partying, all the while having an affair with a married woman. The film is one of a series of `` kitchen sink drama '' films made in the late 1950s and early 1960s, as part of the British New Wave of filmmaking, from directors such as Reisz, Jack Clayton, Lindsay Anderson, John Schlesinger and Tony Richardson and adapted from the works of writers such as Sillitoe, John Braine and John Osborne. A common trope in these films was the working - class `` angry young man '' character who rebels against the oppressive system of his elders ( in this case, the character of Arthur ). In 1999, the British Film Institute named Saturday Night and Sunday Morning the 14th greatest British film of all time on their Top 100 British films list. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Style 3.2 Filming locations 4 Reception 4.1 Awards 5 Popular culture references 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Plot Arthur Seaton is a young machinist at the Raleigh bicycle factory in Nottingham. He is determined not to be tied down to living a life of domestic drudgery like the people around him, including his parents, whom he describes as `` dead from the neck up ''. He spends his wages at weekends on drinking and having a good time. Arthur is having an affair with Brenda, the wife of an older colleague. He also begins a more traditional relationship with Doreen, a beautiful single woman closer to his age. Doreen, who lives with her mother and aspires to be married, avoids Arthur 's sexual advances, so he continues to see Brenda as a sexual outlet. Brenda becomes pregnant by Arthur, and demands his help in terminating the unwanted pregnancy ( as abortion was not legal in Britain at the time of the film ). Arthur takes her to see his Aunt Ada for advice ; when his aunt 's method of having Brenda sit in a hot bath and drink gin does not work, Arthur provides Brenda with the name of a doctor who performs illegal abortions. However, Brenda decides that she will keep the child after all, and suffer the consequences. Brenda 's husband Jack finds out about her pregnancy and her affair with Arthur, and enlists the help of his brother and a fellow soldier to chase Arthur down through a town fairground ( where he has taken Doreen on a date ) and give him a severe beating. Arthur is trapped on an amusement ride as the two soldiers menacingly stand and wait for him. When he escapes the ride, he is caught and beaten. Arthur spends a week recovering and is visited by Doreen ; they later have sex. After recovering, Arthur returns to work, and realises his affair with Brenda is finished after her husband tells him to stay away from Brenda. Arthur decides to marry Doreen. The film ends with Arthur and Doreen discussing the prospect of a new home together, with Arthur showing that he still has mixed feelings about settling down into domestic life. Cast Albert Finney as Arthur Seaton Shirley Anne Field as Doreen Rachel Roberts as Brenda Hylda Baker as Aunt Ada Norman Rossington as Bert Bryan Pringle as Jack Robert Cawdron as Robboe Edna Morris as Mrs Bull Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs Seaton Frank Pettitt as Mr Seaton Avis Bunnage as Blousy Woman Colin Blakely as Loudmouth Irene Richmond as Doreen 's Mother Louise Dunn as Betty Anne Blake as Civil Defence Officer Peter Madden as Drunken Man Cameron Hall as Mr Bull Alister Williamson as Police Constable Peter Sallis as Man in Suit ( uncredited ) Jack Smethurst as Waiter ( uncredited ) Production Style Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was at the forefront of the British New Wave, portraying British working class life in a serious manner for the first time and dealing realistically with sex and abortion. It was among the first of the `` kitchen sink dramas '' that followed the success of the play Look Back in Anger. Producer Tony Richardson later directed another such film, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which was also adapted from an Alan Sillitoe book of the same name. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning received an X rating from the BBFC upon its theatrical release. It later was submitted for re-rating for the home video release and given a PG rating. Filming locations Much of the exterior filming was done on location in Nottingham, though some scenes were shot elsewhere. The night scene with a pub named `` The British Flag '' in the background was filmed along Culvert Road in Battersea, London, the pub being at the junction of Culvert Road and Sheepcote Lane ( now Rowditch Lane ). The closing scenes show Arthur and Doreen on a grassy slope overlooking a housing estate with new construction going on. According to an article in the Nottingham Evening News on 30 March 1960, this was filmed in Wembley with the assistance of Nottingham builders Simms Sons & Cooke who set up a staged `` building site '' on location. Reception Saturday Night and Sunday Morning opened at the Warner cinema in London 's West End on 27 October 1960 and received generally favourable reviews. The film went on general release on the ABC cinema circuit from late January 1961 and was a popular success, being the third most popular film at the British box office in that year. It earned over half a million pounds in profit. Awards Award Recipient ( s ) Result British Academy Film Awards Best Film Karel Reisz Nominated Best British Film Won Best British Actor Albert Finney Nominated Best British Actress Rachel Roberts Won Best British Screenplay Alan Sillitoe Nominated Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Albert Finney Won Mar del Plata International Film Festival Grand Award for Best Feature Film Karel Reisz Won Best Actor Albert Finney Won Best Screenplay Allan Sillitoe Won FIPRESCI Award Karel Reisz Won National Board of Review Best Actor Albert Finney Won Top Foreign Films Won Popular culture references The film is the origin for the title of the debut album of indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That 's What I 'm Not. It is also the origin for the title of the live album Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by the Stranglers. `` Saturday Night Sunday Morning '' is the title of a song from Madness ' 1999 album Wonderful. The runout groove on the B - side of vinyl copies of the Smiths ' 1986 album The Queen Is Dead features the line `` Them was rotten days, '' a line said by Aunt Ada ( Hylda Baker ) in the film. Also the line said by Doreen before Arthur takes her to the fair, `` I want to go where there 's life and there 's people, '' inspired the song `` There Is A Light That Never Goes Out '' on the same album ( `` I want to see people and I want to see life '' ). Arthur Seaton is mentioned in the song `` Where Are they Now ? '' by the Kinks, which appears on their album Preservation Act 1. Arthur Seaton is also mentioned in the song `` From Across The Kitchen Table '' by the Pale Fountains. The film is referenced, not least in the form of the promo video using elements of the original cinema posters ' graphic design, in the 2013 Franz Ferdinand single `` Right Action ''. Some of the song 's lyrics were inspired by a postcard found by the band 's lead singer Alex Kapranos for sale on a market stall, the postcard being addressed to the film 's director, Karel Reisz. See also BFI Top 100 British films References Jump up ^ The Times, 27 October 1960, pages 2 : First advertisement for the film - found through The Times Digital Archive 2013 - 09 - 14 Jump up ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p. 88 Jump up ^ Film giants step into finance The Observer ( 1901 - 2003 ) ( London ( UK ) ) 19 Apr 1964 : 8. Jump up ^ Saturday Night and Sunday Morning BBFC page Jump up ^ Tino Balio, United Artists : The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 239 Jump up ^ `` Mar del Plata Awards 1961 ''. Mar del Plata. Retrieved 25 November 2013. Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqTsUtQLRFk Jump up ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=29957 External links Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in the British Film Institute 's `` Explore film... '' database Saturday Night and Sunday Morning at the British Film Institute 's Screenonline Saturday Night and Sunday Morning on IMDb Saturday Night and Sunday Morning at AllMovie Saturday Night and Sunday Morning at the TCM Movie Database Saturday Night and Sunday Morning at Rotten Tomatoes British New Wave Essay on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, at BrokenProjector.com. Archived at Webcite from this original URL 2008 - 05 - 08. Photographs of The White Horse Public House, Nottingham as featured in the film Films directed by Karel Reisz Momma Do n't Allow ( 1955 ) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) Night Must Fall ( 1964 ) Morgan -- A Suitable Case for Treatment ( 1966 ) Isadora ( 1968 ) The Gambler ( 1974 ) Who 'll Stop the Rain ( 1978 ) The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1981 ) Sweet Dreams ( 1985 ) Everybody Wins ( 1990 ) Films produced by Harry Saltzman James Bond films Dr. No ( 1962 ) From Russia with Love ( 1963 ) Goldfinger ( 1964 ) Thunderball ( 1965 ) You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ) On Her Majesty 's Secret Service ( 1969 ) Diamonds Are Forever ( 1971 ) Live and Let Die ( 1973 ) The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974 ) Harry Palmer films The Ipcress File ( 1965 ) Funeral in Berlin ( 1966 ) Billion Dollar Brain ( 1967 ) Other films The Iron Petticoat ( 1956 ) Look Back in Anger ( 1959 ) The Entertainer ( 1960 ) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) Call Me Bwana ( 1963 ) A Man Named John ( 1965 ) Chimes at Midnight ( 1966 ) Un monde nouveau ( 1966 ) Battle of Britain ( 1969 ) Play Dirty ( 1969 ) Toomorrow ( 1970 ) Nijinsky ( 1980 ) Documentary Israel : A Right to Live ( 1967 ) Television Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion ( 1955 - 1957 ) BAFTA Award for Best British Film 1947 -- 1967 Odd Man Out ( 1947 ) The Fallen Idol ( 1948 ) The Third Man ( 1949 ) The Blue Lamp ( 1950 ) The Lavender Hill Mob ( 1951 ) The Sound Barrier ( 1952 ) Genevieve ( 1953 ) Hobson 's Choice ( 1954 ) Richard III ( 1955 ) Reach for the Sky ( 1956 ) The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ) Room at the Top ( 1958 ) Sapphire ( 1959 ) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) A Taste of Honey ( 1961 ) Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) Tom Jones ( 1963 ) Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ( 1964 ) The Ipcress File ( 1965 ) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ( 1966 ) A Man for All Seasons ( 1967 ) 1992 -- present The Crying Game ( 1992 ) Shadowlands ( 1993 ) Shallow Grave ( 1994 ) The Madness of King George ( 1995 ) Secrets & Lies ( 1996 ) Nil by Mouth ( 1997 ) Elizabeth ( 1998 ) East Is East ( 1999 ) Billy Elliot ( 2000 ) Gosford Park ( 2001 ) The Warrior ( 2002 ) Touching the Void ( 2003 ) My Summer of Love ( 2004 ) Wallace & Gromit : The Curse of the Were - Rabbit ( 2005 ) The Last King of Scotland ( 2006 ) This Is England ( 2007 ) Man on Wire ( 2008 ) Fish Tank ( 2009 ) The King 's Speech ( 2010 ) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011 ) Skyfall ( 2012 ) Gravity ( 2013 ) The Theory of Everything ( 2014 ) Brooklyn ( 2015 ) I, Daniel Blake ( 2016 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saturday_Night_and_Sunday_Morning_(film)&oldid=797892031 '' Categories : 1960 films English - language films 1960s drama films Adultery in films Best British Film BAFTA Award winners British black - and - white films British drama films British films Directorial debut films Films based on British novels Films shot in London Films shot in Nottinghamshire Films directed by Karel Reisz Films produced by Harry Saltzman Films set in Nottingham Pregnancy films Social realism in film Hidden categories : EngvarB from May 2013 Use dmy dates from May 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch فارسی Français Italiano Bahasa Melayu Nederlands Polski Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 29 August 2017, at 19 : 43. 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Question: who starred in saturday night and sunday morning
Answer: Albert Finney