Kes
Film1970111 min7.4/10 on TMDB
Directed by Ken Loach
They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
David BradleyBilly
Freddie Fletcher
Lynne PerrieMrs. Casper
Colin WellandMr. Farthing
Brian GloverMr. SugdenBob Bowes
Bob BowesMr. Gryce
Bernard AthaYouth Employment OfficerJoey Kaye
Joey KayePub ComicRobert Naylor
Robert NaylorMacDowellExplore the crew
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Screenplay
- Ken Loach
- Screenplay
- Tony Garnett
- Editor
- Roy Watts
- Director of Photography
- Chris Menges
- Producer
- Tony Garnett
- Original Music Composer
- John Cameron