Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
“Saturday night you have your fling at life...and Sunday morning you face up to it!”
Karel ReiszCast
Albert Finney 
Shirley Anne Field 
Rachel Roberts
Credits
Written by: Alan Sillitoe
Plot
Arthur Seaton, a lathe operator in a Nottingham factory, works hard all week and spends his wages on beer, fights and women. He has an affair with a married colleague's wife, Brenda, but also falls for a young woman, Doreen, and his freewheeling life begins to catch up with him. Karel Reisz's 1960 film, with Albert Finney, is a classic of British "kitchen sink" realism.
Sinekatalog’s take
Karel Reisz's British New Wave classic follows a hard-drinking factory worker's weekend rebellion. Albert Finney is magnetic, and the film's gritty realism and working-class voice were groundbreaking.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (10,161 votes)
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