Kes

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

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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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Creators

Ken Loach

director

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Barry Hines

writer

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Tony Garnett

writer

Ken Loach

writer

Cast

David Bradley actor

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Freddie Fletcher actor Lynne Perrie actor Colin Welland actor Brian Glover actor

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Bob Bowes actor

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Bernard Atha actor

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Laurence Bould actor

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Joey Kaye actor

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Ted Carroll actor Robert Naylor actor

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Agnes Drumgoon actor

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George Speed actor

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Desmond Guthrie actor

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Zoe Sunderland actor

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Eric Bolderson actor

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Joe Miller actor

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Beryl Carroll actor

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Julie Shakespeare actor Bill Dean actor