PG-131h 51m1970
Kes
“They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.”
Drama
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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.
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Writers
- Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, Ken Loach
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Release date
- 3 April 1970
Ensemble
Cast
David Bradley
Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
Ted Carroll
Robert Naylor
MacDowell
Agnes Drumgoon
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