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Top Foreign Films | 1959
Best Actor Drama | 1960 | Richard
Best Film from any Source | 1960 | Tony
Best British Screenplay | 1960 | Nigel
Best British Film | 1960 | Tony
Best British Actor | 1960 | Richard
Best Film | 1959 | Tony
According to Burton biographer Paul Ferris, Salzman screened the film as a courtesy to Jack Warner, who put up the money for the picture. After a few minutes, Warner asked sarcastically what language they were speaking. When Salzman told him it was English, the studio chief replied, "This is America!" and walked out.
Harry Salzman recalled it was "a monumental miscalculation" to have cast Burton, who was "too old anyway" and "looked as if he could handle himself so capably that he'd lay anyone he hated out flat."
It was generally agreed that Richard Burton looked too old to play a 25-year-old.
The film's backers insisted that a name actor be cast in the lead, over the unknown Kenneth Haigh who had been so successful in the stage version. Richard Burton agreed to take on the part at a much lower fee than his usual Hollywood salary.
The film's failure was largely attributed to the miscasting of Richard Burton, since at 33 he was clearly too old and too obviously capable to play Jimmy Porter.
"Alison Porter: I suppose none of this could ever really have worked. I do love you, Jimmy, I shall never love anyone as I love you. But I can't go on. I can't take part in all this suffering, I can't. Jimmy Porter: It's no good fooling about with love, you know. You can't fall into it like a soft job without dirtying up your hands. It takes muscle and guts. If you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice tidy soul, you better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint, because you'll never make it as a human being. It's either this world... or the next."
"Jimmy Porter: Anyone who doesn't like jazz has no real feeling for music, or people. Helena Charles: Rubbish."
