This review does contains spoilers about the end of the movie so don't read if you don't want to know the ending.
This film was shown on British TV in April 2017 on a channel called Talking Pictures (available on Sky as well as other TV platforms). Talking Pictures shows many old movies and is worth hunting out for fans of long lost or hard to find movies.
I wont cover the story of the movie as it has been covered by other reviewers, so my main comments are about the seemingly "lost" 20 or 30 minutes or so at the end.
SPOILER. The bulk of the film is about the girl leaving Wales, coming to London, being "used" by a couple of men, then living for a while with a fine young man who works in a local pub. This takes up about 85% or 90% of the film
But then she begins to go down the path of becoming a prostitute / call girl and then the film suddenly ends. We have no real evidence for her strange behaviour at the end. It is almost as though there is a "lost"20 or 30 minutes or so showing her descent into this sordid world.
This film was made in 1963 so maybe the "lost" 20 or 30 minutes was too graphic or sexual to be included in the film so it was totally removed.
Other reviewers above have also commented about the sudden ending so it seems to be a common view.
I assume this 20 / 30 minutes WAS filmed (but have no evidence of it) but I have to say it is one of the worst examples of poor editing I have ever seen in any film.
Overall though a reasonable film (though a little predictable) and similar to other "gritty" films made in the early 1960s. Contains a number of well known British actors who will be familiar to anyone living in the UK who has watched many British films and TV programs.
This film was shown on British TV in April 2017 on a channel called Talking Pictures (available on Sky as well as other TV platforms). Talking Pictures shows many old movies and is worth hunting out for fans of long lost or hard to find movies.
I wont cover the story of the movie as it has been covered by other reviewers, so my main comments are about the seemingly "lost" 20 or 30 minutes or so at the end.
SPOILER. The bulk of the film is about the girl leaving Wales, coming to London, being "used" by a couple of men, then living for a while with a fine young man who works in a local pub. This takes up about 85% or 90% of the film
But then she begins to go down the path of becoming a prostitute / call girl and then the film suddenly ends. We have no real evidence for her strange behaviour at the end. It is almost as though there is a "lost"20 or 30 minutes or so showing her descent into this sordid world.
This film was made in 1963 so maybe the "lost" 20 or 30 minutes was too graphic or sexual to be included in the film so it was totally removed.
Other reviewers above have also commented about the sudden ending so it seems to be a common view.
I assume this 20 / 30 minutes WAS filmed (but have no evidence of it) but I have to say it is one of the worst examples of poor editing I have ever seen in any film.
Overall though a reasonable film (though a little predictable) and similar to other "gritty" films made in the early 1960s. Contains a number of well known British actors who will be familiar to anyone living in the UK who has watched many British films and TV programs.