The End of the Road

Name: The End of the Road
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 h 16 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Edward Chapman, George Merritt, Eugene Leahy

19541954
1h 16m

6.7/10

Drama

Known as Mick to some and Mack to others, because he is half Scottish and half Irish, a veteran electro plater has retirement forced upon him, but his bullheaded refusal to take it causes ru... Read allKnown as Mick to some and Mack to others, because he is half Scottish and half Irish, a veteran electro plater has retirement forced upon him, but his bullheaded refusal to take it causes ructions.Known as Mick to some and Mack to others, because he is half Scottish and half Irish, a veteran electro plater has retirement forced upon him, but his bullheaded refusal to take it causes ructions.

6.7/10

Director
- Wolf Rilla
Writers
- James Forsyth(original story)
- Geoffrey Orme(screenplay)
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Naomi Chance and Finlay Currie in The End of the Road (1954)

Naomi Chance in The End of the Road (1954)

Director
- Wolf Rilla
Writers
- James Forsyth(original story) (screenplay)
- Geoffrey Orme(screenplay)
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Known as Mick to some and Mack to others, because he is half Scottish and half Irish, a veteran electro plater has retirement forced upon him, but his bullheaded refusal to take it causes ructions.

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Genre
- Drama
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Trivia
Opening credits: All characters and events in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to actual events, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Quotes
Old 'Mick-Mack': That's life, Barney Wee - when you don't like to work they make you, and when you want to work they won't let you!

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5/10

One foot in the grave

Finlay Currie plays Mick-Mack, a veteran electroplater forced to retire from his factory. He is left embittered and now regarded as a burden on his family, he has to swallow his pride and claim benefits from the post office.

He reluctantly takes on a job as a nightwatchman but loses it when he leaves his post, with his son and wife arguing he is heading for a nervous breakdown, but at least his knowledge and skill comes to the aid of the factory owners.

In some ways this is the precursor to the provocative British kitchen sink dramas that would emerge in the late 1950s. Currie gives a skillful portrayal of a working man who has reached the end of his tether, his family contemplating putting him in a home.

It is a small scale film, Currie plays a proud man who at the same time can irritate you.

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