Kes
“They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.”
19701h 51mDrama
Released
April 3, 1970
TMDB Score
74% match · 467 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorKen Loach
- Released
- April 3, 1970
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films
Top Billed Cast
David Bradley
Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
Ted Carroll
Robert Naylor
MacDowell
Agnes Drumgoon
George Speed
Billy's Friend
Desmond Guthrie
Zoe Sunderland
Librarian
Eric Bolderson
Farmer
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