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Poor Cow (Original title)No Tears for Joy (Alternative title)
Dates: 1967 (Copyright), 21 January 1968 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Kenneth Loach

Synopsis: Spotlights the plight of a young married woman who falls in love with an attractive young crook while her husband is in jail.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 05 December 1967Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9126 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (32)
©: Fenchurch Films Limited, Made by: Fenchurch Films Ltd, Production Company: Vic Films (London), Presents: Nat Cohen, [Presented] For: Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd, Produced by: Joseph Janni, Associate Producer: Edward Joseph, Production Manager: David Anderson, Assistant to the Producer: John Goldstone, Assistant Director: Andrew Grieve, Continuity: Penny Eyles, Casting Director: Miriam Brickman, Screenplay by: Nell Dunn, Kenneth Loach, From the novel by: Nell Dunn, Photographed by: Brian Probyn, Camera Operator: Chris Menges, Editor: Roy Watts, Art Director: Bernard Sarron, Wardrobe Supervisor: Caroline Mott, Make-up: Paul Rabiger, Hairdresser: Betty Glasow, Processed in Eastmancolor at: Humphries Laboratories, Music by: Donovan, [Music] Arranged and Conducted by: John Cameron, Pop Programmes: David Symonds, Sound Recordist: Kevin Sutton, Gerry Humphreys, Dubbing Editor: Geoff R. Brown, [Unit Publicist]: Catherine O'Brien, Completed at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (50)
Carol White (Joy), John Bindon (Tom), Queenie Watts (Aunt Emm), Kate Williams (Beryl), Laurie Asprey (.), James Beckett (Tom's mate), Ray Barron, Hilda Barry (customer in pub), Kenneth Campbell, Ron Clarke (.), Ellis Dale (solicitor), Gladys Dawson (Bet), Terry Duggan (prisoner), Winnie Holman (woman in park), Rose Hiller (customer in hairdresser's), John Halstead (photographer), Doreen Herrington (.), Muriel Hunte (woman at prison), Paddy Joyce (governor in photo booth), Simon King, Stephen King, Anna Karen, Helen Lennox (.), Billy Murray (Tom's mate), Ron Pember (Petal), Wally Patch (customer in pub), Phillip Ross (Shelley), Geraldine Sherman (Trixie), Will Stampe, Bernard Stone (photographer), Tony Selby (customer in pub), Michael Standing (.), George Tovey (photographer), Gerald Young (judge), Terence Stamp (Dave Fuller), Peter Claughton ([driving examiner]), Julie May ([woman in Sheppey]), Martin King ([prison warder]), James Thornhill ([prisoner]), Mo Dwyer ([prisoner's wife]), Ian Christian, Liza Carrol, Sian Davis, Mike Negal, George Sewell, Chris Gannon, Philip Newman, Alan Selwyn, Joe Palmer ([customer in pub]), Malcolm McDowell ([Billy - role deleted])