A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 24, 1979
Original Title:
The Custard Boys
Genres:
Drama | Family
Production Companies:
Children's Film Unit
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?
Director:
Colin Finbow
Music:
David Hewson
Novel:
John Rae
Production Artist:
Jenny Clennell
Andrew Fleury
Kiran Garcha
Amos Richardson
Malcolm Walker
David Weeks
Screenplay:
Colin Finbow
Kiran Garcha
Still Photographer:
Paul Kerridge
Thanks:
Peter Boaks
Richard Brierley
Mary Cadell
Dave Clennell
Barbara Dawes
Colin Humphries
Chris Laycock
A.G. Lees
Julia Palmer
Valerie Palmer
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