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Poor Cow
	; DVD cover for Poor Cow
Directed by	Ken Loach
Produced by	Joseph Janni; Edward Joseph
Written by	Nell Dunn (novel); Ken Loach (screenplay)
Starring	Terence Stamp; Carol White; John Bindon; Queenie Watts; Kate Williams; Billy Murray
Music by	Donovan
Cinematography	Miriam Brickman
Editing by	Roy Watts
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated (UK); National General (US)
Release date(s)	1967
Running time	101 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Poor Cow is a 1967 British drama film directed by Ken Loach, based on Nell Dunn's novel of the same name.

Although Malcolm McDowell is listed in the credits on the commercial release of the film, the scenes in which he appeared were deleted.

[edit] Plot summary

Joy is an 18 year old woman who runs away from home with Tom; this proves to be the first of many bad choices. She marries and has a boy, Johnny. Tom is a thief; he becomes mentally and physically abusive to Joy and ends up in prison, leaving her on her own. Joy takes a job as a barmaid and then, to earn extra money, becomes a prostitute. Her life spirals downhill until her son goes missing and she realises what is most important to her.

Tagline: A love story about a girl, the man she is living for, and the man she is living with.

[edit] Music

The opening credits attribute the film music to Donovan, although many pop songs from the era are heard in the film. Three Donovan songs are heard in the film, including the title song. The melody of the title song is repeated instrumentally in diverse arrangements in several parts of the film. It was later released as single b-side to "Jennifer Juniper" in early 1968 in a different arrangement and with altered lyrics. For example, the standard release version opens with the line "I dwell in the north in the green country", while the version in the film opens with the line "I dwell in the town in the gray country".
Other songs by Donovan in the film are "Be Not Too Hard" and "Colours", the latter of which is sung by the character played by Terence Stamp. Clips of Stamp's performance in Poor Cow were used to show the early life of the character he portrays in Steven Soderbergh's film The Limey (1999).

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