Film · Drama
Kes (1970)
They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
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.
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Writers
- Barry Hines, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- April 3, 1970
Kes cast
David BradleyBilly
Freddie FletcherJud
Lynne PerrieMrs. Casper
Colin WellandMr. Farthing
Brian GloverMr. Sugden- Bob BowesMr. Gryce
Bernard AthaYouth Employment Officer- Laurence Bould
- Joey KayePub Comic
- Ted Carroll
- Robert NaylorMacDowell
- Agnes Drumgoon
- George SpeedBilly's Friend
- Desmond Guthrie
- Zoe SunderlandLibrarian
- Eric BoldersonFarmer
- Joe MillerReg
- Beryl Carroll
- Julie Shakespeare
Bill DeanFish and Chip Shop Man
