

Sons and Lovers
1960-06-23 · 103 min · ★ 6.5
The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.
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- Directors
- Jack Cardiff
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Mary UreClara Dawes
Trevor HowardWalter Morel
Dean StockwellPaul Morel
Wendy HillerGertrude Morel
Heather SearsMiriam Leivers
William LucasWilliam Morel
Conrad PhillipsBaxter Dawes
Ernest ThesigerMr. Hadlock
Donald PleasenceMr. Pappleworth
Rosalie CrutchleyMrs. Leivers
Sean BarrettArthur Morel
Ruth KettlewellMrs Bonner
Susan TraversBetty
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