Set against the background of a grimy village near Nottingham, this story of a coal-miner’s son with promising artistic talents unfolds with sensitivity and intelligence in Jack Cardiff’s adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s semi-autobiographical novel. Caught up in his mother’s possessiveness and his father’s violent bouts, Paul Morel (Stockwell) sacrifices his chance to study art in London and the local girl he loves, and eventually becomes involved with a woman separated from her husband. Scottish actress Mary Ure (Look Back in Anger, The Luck of Ginger Coffee) gives a fine performance as the mistress, one of many in this powerfully acted film.