Look Back in Anger (1959) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Tony Richardson.

Cast

• Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter
• Claire Bloom as Helena Charles
• Mary Ure as Alison Porter
• Edith Evans as Mrs. Tanner
• Gary Raymond as Cliff Lewis
• Glen Byam Shaw as Colonel Redfern
• George Devine as Doctor
• Donald Pleasence as Hurst
• Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Mrs. Redfern
• Jane Eccles as Miss Drury
• S.P. Kapoor as Kapoor
• Walter Hudd as Actor
• Anne Dickins as Girl A.S.M
• Nigel Davenport as 1st Commercial Traveller
• Alfred Lynch as 2nd Commercial Traveller
• Toke Townley as Spectacled Man
• John Dearth as Pet Stall Man
• Bernice Swanson as Sally
• Anne Blake as Angry Customer
• Michael Balfour as Picky Shopper (uncredited)

Crew

• Tony Richardson — Director
• Nigel Kneale — Screenplay
• Harry Saltzman — Producer
• Gordon Scott — Producer
• Oswald Morris — Director of Photography
• Chris Barber — Original Music Composer

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