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Kes

Kes

APR 3, 1970 · 111 MIN · DIR. KEN LOACH

Drama

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.

Cast

  • David Bradley

    David Bradley

    Billy

  • Freddie Fletcher

    Freddie Fletcher

    Jud

  • Lynne Perrie

    Lynne Perrie

    Mrs. Casper

  • Colin Welland

    Colin Welland

    Mr. Farthing

  • Brian Glover

    Brian Glover

    Mr. Sugden

  • Bob Bowes

    Mr. Gryce

  • Bernard Atha

    Bernard Atha

    Youth Employment Officer

  • Laurence Bould

  • Joey Kaye

    Pub Comic

  • Ted Carroll

  • Robert Naylor

    MacDowell

  • Agnes Drumgoon

Crew

Screenplay

Ken Loach

Screenplay

Tony Garnett

Director of Photography

Chris Menges

Editor

Roy Watts

Original Music Composer

John Cameron

Producer

Tony Garnett