Kes
1969 ‧ Drama/Coming-of-age story ‧ 1h 50m
Ken Loach's acclaimed British drama focuses on Billy Casper (David Bradley), a tormented working-class boy who is subjected to abuse both at school and at home. The son of a single mother (Lynne Perrie), Billy's existence is mostly bleak until he...
Release date: March 27, 1970 (UK)
Director: Ken Loach
Story by: Barry Hines
Screenplay: Ken Loach, Barry Hines, and Tony Garnett
Distributed by: United Artists
Adapted from: A Kestrel for a Knave
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