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Poor Cow Details

1967

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A young London woman has to cope with poverty and squalor while her husband is in jail. Sadly clutching at any slight hope of happiness, she enters into a promiscuous relationship with his best friend, which ends in heartbreak. Based on the novel by Nell Dunn. Read more

Starring	Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon, Queenie Watts
Director	Ken Loach
Genres	Drama

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Poor Cow

Starring	Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon, Queenie Watts, Kate Williams
Director	Ken Loach
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 41 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Subtitles	DVD: None
Released	Production year: 1967 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 19 May 2011 To Rent: DVD: 25 Jun 2001
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- Television-style fictional documentary determined to rub one's nose in the mire. Innovative and occasionally striking but not very likeable.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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  Interesting to see ...
  
  Interesting to see this film again. It stands up very well on it's own, but if you've seen 'Cathy Come Home' (1966 BBC TV) you'll realise ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Feb 2004 at 00:20
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  Worth it.
  
  This film is magnetising and paints a really honest picture of one woman's life in London. I should imagine that it would have been even more shocking to ... read more »
  
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- - Dacarius
  - 11 reviews
  - 03 Feb 2012 at 11:12
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  a great example of british 'kitchen sink' drama
  
  Its thanks to directors like Ken Loach we have wonderful visual records of our history, particularly that from the poorer side of society. Though very little ... read more »
  
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  - 16 reviews
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  - 21 May 2011 at 23:55
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  More complicated than you'd think
  
  The blurb is very misleading, it makes you wonder if the writer saw the film at all. Yes it is about a woman whose husband is sent to prison, and she does take ... read more »
  
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  A young London woman has to cope with poverty and squalor while her husband is in jail. Sadly clutching at any slight hope of happiness, she enters into a promiscuous relationship with his best friend, which ends in heartbreak. Based on the novel by Nell Dunn....