A Place to Go

The story takes place in the east of London. The district is Bethnal Green. The old streets are coming down and tower blocks are going up. One family’s life sits in the middle of that change. The father works at the docks. One day he decides to give up the job. He tries to earn a living by performing. He does an escape act in chains. The work puts a strain on his heart. His son Ricky is not content with his own life. He wants out of the place. He gets drawn into a plan to rob a warehouse. Meanwhile he is taken with a girl. The film is adapted from a novel. Bernard Lee and Rita Tushingham appear in the eighty six minute film, a British production Basil Dearden finished in 1963.