Look Back in Anger (1959)

Jimmy Porter: She's taken you with her and you're so bloody wet you've let her do it.
Alison Porter: All I want is a little peace.

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Jimmy Porter: What about you, do you want to come?
Alison Porter: I'm going out with Helena.
Alison Porter: That's not a direction, its an affliction.

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Helena Charles: If you'd stop thinking about yourself for just one moment, I'll tell you something I think you ought to know. You wife is going to have a baby!
[pause]
Helena Charles: Well? Doesn't that mean anything? Even to you?
Jimmy Porter: [pause] If you'd permit me to interrupt your... female wisdom, there's something perhaps you ought to know. I don't care! I don't care if she's going to have a baby. I don't care if it has 2 heads!
[pause]
Jimmy Porter: Well, do I disgust you? Go on, slap my face! I just came back from seeing somebody I love very much go through the sordid process of dying. And you expect me to be overcome with awe because some stupid, cruel girl is going to have a BABY?
[pause]
Jimmy Porter: Now the performance is over. Now leave me alone - and get out, you evil-minded little virgin!

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The film's backers insisted that a name actor be cast in the lead, over the unknown Kenneth Haigh who had been so successful in the stage version. Richard Burton agreed to take on the part at a much lower fee than his usual Hollywood salary.
Charles Saynor worked two days.
S.P. Kapoor filmed his role in five days.
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