Up the Junction

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Up the Junction

1965

1h 12m

6.9(8 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

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53 members

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Carol White

Sylvie

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Geraldine Sherman

Rube

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Vickery Turner

Eileen

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Tony Selby

Dave

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Michael Standing

Terry

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Ray Barron

Ron

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Rita Webb

Mrs Hardy

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Hilda Barry

Old May

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Jessie Robins

Fat Lil

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Pauline Halford

At the dance

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Elizabeth Valentine

At the dance

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Ronald Alexander

At the dance

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Sheila Grant

In the factory

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Winifred Dennis

In the factory

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Winifred Sabine

In the factory

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Myrtle McKenzie

In the factory

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Sidney Gatcum

In the factory

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Cleo Sylvestre

In the factory

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Adrienne Frame

In the factory

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Doreen Herrington

In the factory

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Grace Dolan

In the wash house

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George Sewell

Barny

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George Webb

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Margaret Flint

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Maria Holmes

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Ann Lancaster

Winnie

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Rose Howlett

Rube's Mother

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Frank Jarvis

Rube's Brother

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George Tovey

In the pub

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Alec Coleman

In the pub

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Alan Selwyn

In the pub

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Maurice Peckman

In the pub

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Ben Howard

In the pub

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Rita Smythe

In the pub

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Ronald Clarke

Sylvie's Husband

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James Haswell

P.C.

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Russ Parker

Singer, in the pub

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Winifred Helliwell

Musician, in the pub

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Marie Cleve

Musician, in the pub

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Will Stampe

Cafe owner

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David Baxter

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Richard James

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Nick Edmett

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Emmett Hennessy

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Gilly Fraser

Annie

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Susan Hanson

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Ann Mitchell

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Anthony Woodruff

In court

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Julie May

In the prison

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Terri Ansell

In the prison

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Wally Patch

Totter

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Gladys Dawson

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Anna Wing

At the accident

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