Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.
Acting
David Warner's feral, heartbreaking commitment to chaos
Costume
That gorilla suit. Cinema history. No notes.
Direction
Reisz balances kitchen-sink realism with surrealist breaks
Director
Karel Reisz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1960s British 'angry young man' cinema, but subverts the genre by making its working-class hero genuinely unwell rather than righteously rebellious.
David Warner's film debut. He was so committed to the gorilla scenes he refused a stunt performer and passed out from heat exhaustion twice.
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