A Place to Go (1963)
Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-class at the time.
- Date of release
- 1963-07-01
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Basil Dearden
Casting
- Bernard Lee — Matt Flint
- Rita Tushingham — Catherine Donovan
- Michael Sarne — Ricky Flint
- Doris Hare — Lil Flint
- Barbara Ferris — Betsy
- John Slater — Jack Ellerman
- William Marlowe — Charlie Batey
- Roy Kinnear — Bunting
- Norman Shelley — Magistrate
- Jerry Verno — Nobby Knowles
- Marjie Lawrence — Sally (as Marjorie Lawrence)
- Yootha Joyce — Bit Role (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
A Place to Go is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham and Michael Sarne. It was based on the 1961 novel Bethnal Green by Michael Fisher.
Production
The greyhound-racing scenes in the film were set at Clapton Stadium.
Pub scenes were mostly filmed at The Acorn, a pub in Bethnal Green demolished in 2019, but there is also an exterior shot of The Angel in City Road, Islington.
The rest of the outdoor shots were filmed on location in Haggerston and Bethnal Green.
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