This Is My Street

Margery lives in London. Her home is an old terrace in Battersea. She is married and has a small daughter. Her husband does very little. Margery has grown tired of this life. There is a lodger at her mother’s house. Something starts between her and the man. It does not last long. He leaves her and turns to her younger sister. Margery cannot carry it. She makes an attempt on her own life. That shakes everyone. The people around her see the situation for the first time. The story comes from a 1962 novel by Nan Maynard. The film was shot in black and white. Most of it was filmed in Battersea. June Ritchie, Ian Hendry and John Hurt appear in the ninety four minute film, a British production Sidney Hayers finished in 1964.