Kes

Apr 3, 1970

1h 51m

★ 7.4

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Woodfall Film Productions

Kestrel Films

Kes Trailers

Cast

Billy

David Bradley

Jud

Freddie Fletcher

Mrs. Casper

Lynne Perrie

Mr. Farthing

Colin Welland

Mr. Sugden

Brian Glover

Mr. Gryce

Bob Bowes

Youth Employment Officer

Bernard Atha

Laurence Bould

Pub Comic

Joey Kaye

Ted Carroll

MacDowell

Robert Naylor

Agnes Drumgoon

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