A Kind of Loving (film)

A Kind of Loving
Directed byJohn Schlesinger
Written byKeith Waterhouse
Willis Hall
Based onA Kind of Loving
by Stan Barstow
Produced byJoseph Janni
StarringAlan Bates
June Ritchie
Thora Hird
CinematographyDenys Coop
Edited byRoger Cherrill
Music byRon Grainer
Production
companies
Vic Films Productions
Waterhall Productions
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release dates
  • 12 April 1962 (1962-04-12) (UK)
  • 1 October 1962 (1962-10-01) (U.S.)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£155,590[1][2][3] or $750,000[4]
Box office£450,000 (UK)[2]

A Kind of Loving is a 1962 British kitchen sink[5] drama film directed by John Schlesinger, starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie.[6] It was written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Stan Barstow which was later adapted into the 1982 television series A Kind of Loving.[7] The film tells the story of two lovers in early 1960s Lancashire. It belongs to the British New Wave movement.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Sarah Street (2014) Film Finances and the British New Wave, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 34:1, 23-42 p26, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2014.879000
  2. ^ a b Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p120
  3. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360 gives the amount as £145,820
  4. ^ "Nat Cohen's Many Deal with Yanks". Variety. 31 January 1962. p. 4.
  5. ^ Murphy, Robert (1992). Sixties British Cinema. London: BFI Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 0-85170-309-7.
  6. ^ "A Kind of Loving". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ Vahimagi, Tise (1996). British Television: An Illustrated Guide (Compiled for the BFI) (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 277. ISBN 0198159269.