Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1960)

In the industrial streets and factories of Nottingham, the hard-living Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) spends his days at the factory bench, his evenings in the local pubs and his nights in the arms of Brenda (Rachel Roberts), the wife of a fellow factory worker. But when he meets Doreen (Shirley Anne Field) he is forced to reconsider his devil-may-care attitude. Based on the Alan Sillitoe's largely autobiographical novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was a huge box-office success for the independent Woodfall Film Productions. Audiences were thrilled with its anti-establishment energy, gritty realism and outspoken working-class hero, and the film went to win three BAFTAs, including Best British Film and Most Promising Newcomer for Albert Finney.