Sons and Lovers

Effective adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's semiautobiographical novel stars Dean Stockwell as the aspiring young artist who yearns for escape from his mining-town existence and the abuses of alcoholic laborer father Trevor Howard, but can't slip the apron strings of domineering mother Wendy Hiller. Mary Ure, Heather Sears, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Thesiger co-star; Jack Cardiff directs. 102 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.