The Custard Boys (1979)
An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?
- Date of release
- 1979-11-24
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Director
- Colin Finbow
Casting
- Chris Chescoe — Young John Curlew
- Eric Milliet — Mark Stein
- Ben Clennell — Lewis Craig
- Andrew Atkinson — Andrew Craig
- Matthew Cormack — Willie Aldrich
- Paul Bolton — Jacob Freen
- Glen Dunderdale — Mrs. Curlew
- Les Scott — Mr. Curlew
- Doug Dawes — Headmaster
- Roger Cleave — Mr. Wilson
- John Robinson — Tom
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