The Custard Boys

Name: The Custard Boys
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1979
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 8.5

1979 · 82 min

Drama · Family

★ 8.5

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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?

Crew

Director Colin Finbow
Screenplay Colin Finbow
Screenplay Kiran Garcha

Cast

C
Chris Chescoe
Young John Curlew
E
Eric Milliet
Mark Stein
B
Ben Clennell
Lewis Craig
A
Andrew Atkinson
Andrew Craig
M
Matthew Cormack
Willie Aldrich
P
Paul Bolton
Jacob Freen
G
Glen Dunderdale
Mrs. Curlew
L
Les Scott
Mr. Curlew
D
Doug Dawes
Headmaster
R
Roger Cleave
Mr. Wilson
J
John Robinson
Tom

Crew

Director — Colin Finbow
Screenplay — Colin Finbow
Screenplay — Kiran Garcha

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