Kes
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—until tragedy strikes.
Genre: Drama
Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes, Bernard Atha, Joey Kaye, Bill Dean, Duggie Brown, Harry Markham, Zoe Sunderland, Robert Naylor
Crew: Ken Loach (Director), Chris Menges (Director of Photography), Tony Garnett (Screenplay), Tony Garnett (Producer), Ken Loach (Screenplay)
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