Up the Junction (film)

Up the Junction is a 1968 British film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Dennis Waterman, Suzy Kendall, Adrienne Posta, Maureen Lipman and Liz Fraser. It is based on the book of the same name by Nell Dunn and was adapted by Roger Smith. The film's musical soundtrack was recorded by Manfred Mann.

Plot summary

Polly Dean (Suzy Kendall) gives up a privileged life in Chelsea and moves to a working-class community in Battersea where she takes a job in a confectionery factory in an attempt to distance herself from her moneyed upbringing and make her own living. She becomes friends with two working-class sisters and forms a relationship with a working-class boy who envies her access to an easy life and is frustrated by her denial of it. When Polly's friend becomes pregnant she decides to have an illegal abortion. Tragedy hits when a motorcycle accident kills one of the friends.

Cast

• Suzy Kendall as Polly
• Dennis Waterman as Pete
• Maureen Lipman as Sylvie
• Adrienne Posta as Rube
• Liz Fraser as Mrs. McCarthy
• Linda Cole as Pauline
• Doreen Herrington as Rita
• Jessie Robins as Lil
• Barbara Archer as May
• Ruby Head as Edith
• Susan George as Joyce
• Sandra Williams as Sheilah
• Michael Robbins as Figgins
• Michael Gothard as Terry
• Billy Murray as Ray
• Michael Standing as John
• Alfie Bass as Charlie
• Aubrey Morris as Creely
• Hylda Baker as Winnie
• Shaun Curry as Ted
• Olwen Griffiths as Fat Lil
• Queenie Watts as Mrs. Hardy
• Lockwood West as Magistrate
• Michael Barrington as Barrister
• Yvonne Manners as Hotel Receptionist
• Harry Hutchinson as Hotel Porter
• Larry Martyn as Barrow Boy
• Derek Ware as Ted's Friend
• Mike Reid as Policeman Outside Court (uncredited)

External links

• Up the Junction at the Internet Movie Database