Kes

Kes

They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.

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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.

Crew

Ken Loach

Ken Loach

Director

TG

Tony Garnett

Producer

TG

Tony Garnett

Screenplay

Chris Menges

Chris Menges

Director of Photography

Ken Loach

Ken Loach

Screenplay

JC

John Cameron

Original Music Composer

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

BB

Bob Bowes

Mr. Gryce

Bernard Atha

Bernard Atha

Youth Employment Officer

LB

Laurence Bould

JK

Joey Kaye

Pub Comic

TC

Ted Carroll

RN

Robert Naylor

MacDowell

AD

Agnes Drumgoon

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