Movielogr
Brassneck (1975)
Directed by Mike Newell
Overview
Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party’s advent to power in 1945 through to the property speculation of the 1960s and the disillusionment with the Labour government in the early 1970s. Like most of the early work of the writers, David Hare and Howard Brenton, committed radical (if not revolutionary) socialists throughout the 1970s, it is a satirical attack on capitalist greed and corruption, full of savage, and often disturbing, humour.
Length 75 minutes
Actors
Jeremy Kemp | Susan Penhaligon | David Daker | Roger Lloyd-Pack | Allan Surtees | Andrew Ray | Paul Dawkins | Peter Howell | Sheila Reid | Roger Davenport | Julian Curry | Richard Leech | John Welsh | Stanley Lebor | Mike Kinsey | Robin Meredith | Barrie Fletcher | Godfrey Jackman | Brandy di Frank | Anne Chapman