Poor Cow

Poor Cow
DVD cover for Poor Cow
Directed byKen Loach
Screenplay byNell Dunn
Ken Loach
Based onPoor Cow (novel)
by Nell Dunn
Produced byJoseph Janni
Edward Joseph
executive
Nat Cohen
StarringTerence Stamp
Carol White
John Bindon
Queenie Watts
Kate Williams
Billy Murray
CinematographyBrian Probyn
Edited byRoy Watts
Music byDonovan
Production
company
Vic Films Productions
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 5 December 1967 (1967-12-05) (UK)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£210,000[1] or £228,206[2]
Box office$1,400,000 (US/ Canada)[3]

Poor Cow is a 1967 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Ken Loach and based on Nell Dunn's 1967 novel of the same name. It was Ken Loach's first feature film, after a series of TV productions. The film was re-released in the UK in 2016.[4]

  1. ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p377
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  3. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
  4. ^ Des Forges, Catharine (2016). "A love letter to Carol White". Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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