The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1972 · 92 mins · English

Directed by

Bob Kellett

Starring

Paul Angelis, Roy Kinnear, Patricia Quinn, Bobby Moore, John Le Mesurier, J.G. Devlin

Alf returns to face a sudden relocation, as his family is shifted from their familiar East End house into a cramped high‑rise council block. He struggles with the long commute, the trek to the corner pub, his ever‑patient wife Else, rebellious daughter Rita, and Rita’s wayward, perpetually‑unemployed husband Mike, whose philandering adds further consternation.