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Named by the British Film Institute as one of the ten best British films of the century, KES, from Ken Loach (Hidden Agenda, The Wind That Shakes the Barley), is cinema's quintessential portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy (an astonishingly naturalistic David Bradley) is a fifteen-year-old miner's son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life. KES established the sociopolitical engagement and artistic brilliance of its filmmaker, and pushed the British angry young man film of the sixties into a new realm of authenticity, using real locations and nonprofessional actors. Loach's poignant coming-of-age drama remains its now legendary director's most beloved and influential film.
Original Release
04/03/1970
US Release
09/21/1970
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 | Comedian at Pub / Pub Comic |
Ted Carroll |
Directors
Writers
Ken Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 | Comedian at Pub / Pub Comic |
Ted Carroll | |
Robert Naylor | MacDowell |
Agnes Drumgoon | |
George Speed | Billy's Friend |
Desmond Guthrie | |
Zoe Sunderland | Librarian (as Zoe Sutherland) / Librarian |
The 4D Jones | |
Eric Bolderson | Farmer |
Joe Miller | Reg, Mother's Friend / Reg |
Beryl Carroll | |
Julie Shakespeare |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tony Garnett | Producer |