Hard Labour

Hard Labour (1973) — drama, tv-movie film. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Liz Smith, Clifford Kershaw, Polly Hemingway, Bernard Hill. This page maps 3 characters and 2 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Hard Labour (1973) Poster

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Story Analysis

A quiet domestic drama examines how paid work, household duty, class, and gender shape identity and isolate private lives.

Drama, TV Movie · 6.7/10 · 71 min · 1973

Based On

Credits

Director

Mike Leigh
Cast

as Mrs. Thornley

Liz Smith
Cast

as Mr. Thornley

Clifford Kershaw
Cast

as Ann Thornley

Polly Hemingway
Cast

as Edward Thornley

Bernard Hill
Cast

as Veronica Thornley

Alison Steadman
Cast

as Mrs. Stone

Vanessa Harris
Cast

as Mr. Stone

Cyril Varley
Cast

as Julie

Linda Beckett
Cast

as Naseem

Ben Kingsley
Cast

as Barry

Alan Erasmus
Cast

as June

Rowena Parr
Cast

as Mrs. Rigby

June Whittaker

Universe & Franchise Timeline

Mike Leigh's Play For Today — Watch Order · Character Knowledge Graph

Hard Labour is title 1 of 4 in the Mike Leigh's Play For Today release order. Next: Nuts in May (1976).

Related Movies & Series

Play for Today (1970) — Universe Link

Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q5655280), public domain (CC0).