Up the Junction (1968) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Wealthy heiress who rejects her privileged upbringing to work and live among the working class in Battersea. Forms a relationship with Pete, but their differing lifestyles and his resentment lead to a...
Junk shop assistant who befriends and dates Polly. Resents her privileged background and their lifestyle differences, leading to a fallout. He steals a hired car, gets arrested, and is sentenced to pr...
Working-class factory worker and friend of Rube. She is separated from her husband and suffers a violent attack, a crisis that highlights the tensions within Polly and Pete's relationship.
Factory worker and close friend of Polly and Sylvie. She becomes pregnant by Terry and suffers a traumatic illegal abortion and miscarriage, causing severe distress and straining her relationships.
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Pete gives Polly a lift, asks her on a date, and they kiss and begin a relationship.
The plot explicitly identifies Sylvie and Rube as working-class sisters.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
The plot states that Pete is annoyed with Rube and Sylvie during the crisis surrounding Sylvie's attack.
When Sylvie is attacked by her separated husband, Pete is annoyed with Rube and Sylvie and does not help Sylvie.
Polly meets Rube at the factory and later returns home with her after Rube's abortion.
Polly meets Sylvie at the factory and joins Sylvie, Rube, and other girls at The Pavilion.
A wealthy young woman enters working-class Battersea, but class inequality, social danger, and irreversible choices destroy her new relationship.
Directed by Peter Collinson
Up the Junction (1968) · 6.2/10 · drama
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