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Poor Cow

Play trailer Poster for Poor Cow 1968,  1h 41m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 50% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
50% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A young woman has many failed relationships, including a union with a thief that produces a son.

Critics Reviews

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker Jul 6, 2022
The low life is suffocated in tastefulness. Go to Full Review
Richard Roud Guardian Mar 20, 2018
If I hadn't seen Poor Cow with my own eyes, I would never have believed that a film with so much to offer could ultimately be so downright awful. Go to Full Review
David Jenkins Little White Lies Jun 26, 2016
4/5
Moody, poetic and artful. Another side of Ken Loach. Go to Full Review
James Mottram Total Film Jan 3, 2017
3/5
As a portrait of a struggling mum it's spot-on. Go to Full Review
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Harry W Mar 14, 2018 Carol White stars as a young working class woman with a new child and married to John Bindon, a callous young thief who shows her little affection or regard. Bindon ends up going to jail and she takes up with Terence Stamp, a friend of Bindon's who's also a thief, but shows her legitimate affection. They are happy for a while, but he's arrested and sentenced to a few decades in jail. She drifts around with several jobs and men until Bindon gets out and she moves back in with him. Ken Loach's first feature film is a fairly rambling and clearly improvised film that paints a pretty grim and remorseless picture of a class of people that seem to have literally no options. It's best known these days for being used in "The Limey" as flashbacks to Stamp's past. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Ken Loach

Director

Carol White

Joy

John Bindon

Tom

Queenie Watts

Aunt Emm

Kate Williams

Beryl

Laurie Asprey

Actor

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Poor Cow

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman has many failed relationships, including a union with a thief that produces a son.
Director
Ken Loach
Producer
Joseph Janni
Screenwriter
Ken Loach, Nell Dunn, Nell Dunn
Distributor
National General Pictures, Universal Pictures
Production Co
The National Film Finance Corp., Fenchurch, Anglo-Amalgamated Productions, Vic Films Productions Ltd.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 31, 1968, Wide
Runtime
1h 41m
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