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Bitter Harvest (1963)

03/08/1963 Drama 1h 31m
62%
User
Score
6.1/10

I want something good to happen to me before I die!

Overview

A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?

Peter Graham Scott

Director

Ted Willis

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Janet Munro

Janet Munro

Jennie

John Stride

John Stride

Bob

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Mrs. Jessup

Alan Badel

Alan Badel

Karl

Vanda Godsell

Vanda Godsell

Mrs. Pitt

Norman Bird

Norman Bird

Mr. Pitt

Barbara Ferris

Barbara Ferris

Violet

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson

Mr. Eccles

Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

Andy

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 9, 2023

"Jennie" (Janet Munro) is fed up struggling through her mundane life in Wales, and so heads to the bright lights of London where she encounters the decent and loving "Bob" (John Stride). All goes well for them for a while, they are very much in love - but she has a bit of a restless spirit and when the manipulative "Karl" (Alan Badel) comes onto the scene it looks like it might be curtains for their idyllic relationship. The rest of this rather procedural drama is interspersed with some flashbacks that illustrate that the past life of "Jennie" is not without it's demons and slowly we begin to reconcile those with her aspirations for a better life. It's a rather disappointing melodrama this, with a cast that don't really gel very well and although Munro is enthusiastic enough on screen, the...

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