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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 21, 1970
Theaters
2
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films
Keywords
sibling relationship
england
single parent
based on novel or book
great britain
small town
falcon
northern england
yorkshire
dysfunctional family
coming of age
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
Cast
Full credits →D
David Bradley
Billy
F
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
L
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
C
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
B
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
B
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
J
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
T
Ted Carroll
B
Bill Dean
Fish and Chip Shop Man
G
Geoffrey Banks
Maths Teacher
D
Duggie Brown
Milkman
H
Harry Markham
Newsagent
