The Bitter Ash (1963)
Des works at a boring job, and his girlfriend Julie is pressuring him to get married by claiming to be pregnant, so that she will not have to work. Laurie is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband Colin, an aspiring writer who refuses to look for a job. Des meets Laurie while visiting a work-mate who is dying of leukemia. While they go for a drive, Laurie invites Des to a rent party at their house. After this Vancouver counter-culture party, Colin finds Des and Laurie in bed together.
Director: Larry Kent
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Alan Scarfe as Des |
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Lynn Stewart as Laurie |
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Philip Brown as Colin Willard |
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Diane Griffith as |
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Lee MacKenzie as |
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Larry Kent as |
| Directing | Larry Kent | Director |
| Sound | Jack Dale | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Wolf Mantz | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jim Thomas | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Larry Kent | Producer |
| Writing | Larry Kent | Writer |
| Sound | Clinton A. Solomon | Original Music Composer |