I'm gonna use the word gritty. I can't help it. The struggle of the working class to try and 'better themselves' and still not fit in. Wanting what is difficult to have, and that isn't always money.
Frank, Lumbers his way through, thinking he's made it but causes and finds problem after problem in a quest to be happy.
It is at times a hard watch, although there was more emotion here in what can be an emotionally repressed time.
Nice to see Hartnell's turn amongst many good performances.