Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 3, 1970
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- David Bradley,Freddie Fletcher,Lynne Perrie,Colin Welland,Brian Glover,Bob Bowes,Bernard Atha,Laurence Bould,Joey Kaye,Ted Carrolland 20 more
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Writer
- Barry Hines,Ken Loach,Tony Garnett
- Producer
- Tony Garnett
- Cinematography
- Chris Menges
- Music
- John Cameron
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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