Queen Sacrifice (1988)
Davey, a talented young chess player, and Wil Bevan, his history teacher, are in Bournemouth for the British Chess Championships. When Davey meets up with Helen, a punk girl from London, Wil is faced with the problem of steering his charge through the championship and the trauma of first love.
- Date of release
- 1988-07-04
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Julian Richards
Casting
- Richard Davies — Wil Bevan
- Lisa Climie — Helen
- Duane Phillips — Davey
- Pat Cleary — Pat Mullen
- Mathew Grey — Nigel Miles
- Marjorie Bell — Grandmother
- Derek Chapman — Spiv
- Derek Head — Spiv
- Terry Baker — Rocky Rook
- Jill Davies — Davey's Mum
- Dewi Peters — Davey's Dad
- Tim Davies — Off Licence Owner
Interesting facts
Queen Sacrifice is a 30-minute short film written and directed by Julian Richards in 1988 whilst he was a film student at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and is based on his childhood experience as a school boy chess champion.
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