Directed by Ken Loach
Starring David Bradley · Freddie Fletcher · Lynne Perrie · Colin Welland
Original language: English
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They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
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Cast
- David BradleyBilly
- Freddie FletcherJud
- Lynne PerrieMrs. Casper
- Colin WellandMr. Farthing
- Brian GloverMr. Sugden
- Bob BowesMr. Gryce
- Bernard AthaYouth Employment Officer
- Laurence Bould
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- Directed by
- Ken Loach
- Written by
- Ken Loach, Tony Garnett, Barry Hines
- Released
- 1970-04-03
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
