Kes(1970)

🎬111 min
📅1970-04-03
🎭Drama
7.5/10

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.

Production

Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films

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Cast

David Bradley
David Bradley
as Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Freddie Fletcher
as Jud
Lynne Perrie
Lynne Perrie
as Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Colin Welland
as Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Brian Glover
as Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Bob Bowes
as Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Bernard Atha
as Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Laurence Bould
as
Joey Kaye
Joey Kaye
as Pub Comic
Ted Carroll
Ted Carroll
as