Hard Labour

Hard Labour (1973)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (109 ratings)

Mrs. Thornley (Liz Smith) leads a rather miserable existence in Salford. She lives with her husband, Jim (Clifford Kershaw), a night custodian at a toy factory, and their grown daughter, Ann (Polly Hemingway). Mrs. Thornley is a maid who works for an imperious upper-middle class woman, Mrs. Stone… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.
Directed By
Mike Leigh
Genres
Drama, Television, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 12, 1973 Wide
On DVD
Feb 24, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Bleak slice of life family drama.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Walter M


    There are a couple of possible meanings that can be extrapolated for this movie's title after watching it.(A third, England's Labour Party, is missing from the conversation.) The first is obvious enough with the unceasing work of Jim Thornley(Clifford Kershaw) and his… More

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