
Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest is a 1963 British drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Janet Munro and John Stride. The plot is about a young woman who rejects marriage to become a kept woman. The film is based on the book 20,000 Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton.
Plot
A beautiful but intoxicated woman, Jennie Jones (Janet Munro), returns to her London apartment late one night and begins to destroy its contents in a rage, throwing her purse, keys and many of her expensive gowns out into the street. Her story is then told in flashback.
Cast
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author | Patrick Hamilton |
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contentLocation | Wales |
director | Peter Graham Scott |
editor | Russell Lloyd |
genre | drama |
keywords | act address book cardiff estrange frame general store horrify mining town morning after older men one night overdose plan promiscuous told in flashback virginity wale walk young girl |
musicBy | Laurie Johnson |
producer | Albert Fennell Julian Wintle |
productionCompany | Independent Artists |
publisher | Rank Organisation Walter Reade |
recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |
theme | dance independent |