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Kes

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

1970 · PG-13 · 1h 51m

Directed by Ken Loach

7.4

TMDB audience score
468 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Joe Miller
    Reg

  • Beryl Carroll