Kes
1969, Film, 111 min, Drama, Family, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 78
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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Directed by Ken Loach
Cast
- David Bradley as Billy Casper
- Brian Glover as Mr. Sugden
- Freddie Fletcher as Jud
- Lynne Perrie as Mrs. Casper
- Colin Welland as Mr. Farthing
- Bob Bowes as Mr. Gryce
- Bernard Atha as Youth Employment Officer
- Laurence Bould
- Joey Kaye as Comedian at Pub
- Ted Carroll
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