Kes
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 111 mins
(387 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- David Bradley
- Freddie Fletcher
- Lynne Perrie
- Colin Welland
- Brian Glover
- Bob Bowes
- Bernard Atha
- Laurence Bould
- Joey Kaye
- Ted Carroll
- Robert Naylor
- Agnes Drumgoon
- George Speed
- Desmond Guthrie
- Zoe Sunderland
- Eric Bolderson
- Joe Miller
- Beryl Carroll
- Julie Shakespeare
- Bill Dean
- Geoffrey Banks
- John Grayson
- Duggie Brown
- Trevor Hesketh
- Stephen Crossland
- Harry Markham
- David Glover
- Frank Norton
- Martin Harley
- Leslie Stringer
Director
- Ken Loach
Producers
- Tony Garnett
Screenwriter
- Ken Loach
- Tony Garnett
