{"id":16307,"date":"2016-01-12T21:34:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=16307"},"modified":"2016-01-12T21:35:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:35:16","slug":"the-angry-silence-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2016\/01\/12\/the-angry-silence-1960\/","title":{"rendered":"The Angry Silence (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early 1960s industrial strife forms the backdrop for this British drama, which was the first film a production company formed by Richard Attenborough<\/a> and Bryan Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Set in a fictionalised town it portrays the dilemma of a factory worker (Attenborough) belonging to a unionised workforce who gradually comes to doubt his union bosses and later comes into conflict with them when some members start harassing his wife (Pier Angeli<\/a>) and family.<\/p>\n

The film has an interesting approach to the issue of UK labour relations<\/a>, pitting a protagonist in between his family and his fellow workers engaging in a wildcat strike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the narrative progresses some would argue that the story is somewhat lopsided against the strikers, but for a British film of this period to tackle such issues was bold, even if at times it resembles a poor mans On the Waterfront<\/a> (1954) – still the gold-plated classic of this sub-genre.<\/p>\n