Look Back in Anger (1980 film)

For other uses, see Look Back in Anger (disambiguation).

Look Back in Anger is a 1980 British film starring Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes and Fran Brill, and directed by Lindsay Anderson and David Hugh Jones. The film is based on John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger.

Look Back in Anger
Directed by	Lindsay Anderson David Hugh Jones
Written by	John Osborne (play)
Produced by	Don Boyd
Starring	Malcolm McDowell Lisa Banes Fran Brill Robert Burr Raymond Hardie
Distributed by	Showtime
Release date	1980 (1980)[1]
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Look Back in Anger is about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man Jimmy Porter (Malcolm McDowell), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Lisa Banes), and her snooty best friend Helena Charles (Fran Brill). Cliff (Raymond Hardie), an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace.

Cast

• Malcolm McDowell – Jimmy Porter
• Lisa Banes – Alison Porter
• Fran Brill – Helena Charles
• Raymond Hardie – Cliff Lewis
• Robert Burr – Colonel Redfern

Background/Production

Lindsay Anderson, who had previously worked with Malcolm McDowell on if.... and O Lucky Man!, translated Ted Craig's Roundabout Theatre Company production (in which McDowell was starring) to the screen, and taped results in three days.^[2]