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Background (1953)

Background (1953)

Drama

When a marriage breaks down, what happens to the children?

Release Date: 1953, November 9
Directors: Daniel Birt
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Group 3 Productions
Cast: Barbara Hicks, Richard Wattis, Lloyd Lamble, Jeremy Spenser, Norman Wooland, Valerie Hobson, Janette Scott, Thora Hird, Mandy Miller, Helen Shingler, Paul Harding, Jack Melford

Overview:

Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.