Look Back in Anger (1959): Cast, Ratings & Box Office

Set in a bleak Northern England, the film follows Jimmy Porter, a frustrated jazz musician consumed by anger and resentment towards societal norms. His turbulent personality and sharp tongue are challenged when his wife, Alison, a woman from a privileged background, invites her charming friend Helena to their home. As Helena becomes entangled in their volatile relationship, long-simmering tensions and unspoken desires threaten to shatter their fragile existence and ignite a destructive cycle of rebellion and recrimination.

• TR Director Tony Richardson

• Donald Pleasence
• Richard Burton
• Claire Bloom
• Gary Raymond

• Tom Jones 1963 · Metascore 77
• The Entertainer 1960 · Metascore 70
• The Border 1982 · Metascore 66
• The Hotel New Hampshire 1984 · Metascore 36

• Rotten Tomatoes

  92% Tomatometer

  Popcornmeter 76%

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• Metacritic

  69 Metascore

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• TMDB

  66% User score

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  BAFTA 1960 3 nominations
  • Nominated Best British Actor – Richard Burton
  • Nominated Best British Film
  • Nominated Best Film
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  Golden Globes 1960 1 nomination
  • Nominated Best Actor - Drama – Richard Burton

• 1946 Humber Snipe MkII Minor role
• 1957 Morris ½-Ton Series III Van Minor role
• 1957 Austin A35 Van Background role
• 1957 Austin A55 Cambridge MkI Background role

Also known as

• Mirando hacia atrás con ira
• I giovani arrabbiati
• Blick zurück im Zorn
• Les corps sauvages
• Dühöngő ifjúság
• Mirant enrere amb ira
• Odeio Essa Mulher
• Se dig om i vrede
• Оглянись во гневе
• 少妇怨
• 성난 얼굴로 돌아보라