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Kes( 1970)

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They broke his heart but they couldn’t break his spirit.

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—until tragedy strikes.

    Top Billed Cast

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      David Bradley

      Billy

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      Freddie Fletcher

      Jud

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      Lynne Perrie

      Mrs. Casper

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      Colin Welland

      Mr. Farthing

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      Brian Glover

      Mr. Sugden

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      Bob Bowes

      Mr. Gryce

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      Bernard Atha

      Youth Employment Officer

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      Laurence Bould

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      Joey Kaye

      Pub Comic

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      Ted Carroll

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      Robert Naylor

      MacDowell

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      Agnes Drumgoon

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      George Speed

      Billy's Friend

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      Desmond Guthrie

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      Zoe Sunderland

      Librarian

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      Eric Bolderson

      Farmer

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      Joe Miller

      Reg

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      Beryl Carroll

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      Julie Shakespeare

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      Bill Dean

      Fish and Chip Shop Man

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      Geoffrey Banks

      Maths Teacher

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      John Grayson

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      Duggie Brown

      Milkman

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      Trevor Hesketh

      Mr. Crossley

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      Stephen Crossland

      Billy's Friend

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      Harry Markham

      Newsagent

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      David Glover

      Tibbutt

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      Frank Norton

      Billy's Friend

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      Martin Harley

      Billy's Friend

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      Leslie Stringer

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    -

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    Keywords

    • small town
    • great britain
    • northern england
    • sibling relationship
    • based on novel or book
    • single parent
    • england
    • falcon
    • dysfunctional family
    • coming of age
    • yorkshire
    • sibling rivalry
    • working class
    • single mother
    • teenage boy
    • mining town
    • childhood
    • united kingdom
    • neglected child
    • kitchen sink realism
    • newspaper boy
    • bleak
    • brother brother relationship
    • bird
    • kestrel
    • falconry