Kes (1970)
Kes (1970)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
David Bradley
Billy Casper
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
Bill Dean
Fish and Chip Shop Man
Duggie Brown
Milkman
Harry Markham
Newsagent
Ted Carroll
Actor
Zoe Sunderland
Librarian (as Zoe Sutherland)
Robert Naylor
MacDowell
Joe Miller
Reg
Eric Bolderson
Farmer
George Speed
Billy's friend
Trevor Hesketh
Mr Crossley
Geoffrey Banks
Maths Teacher
David Glover
Tibbutt
Ken Loach
Director / Screenplay
Tony Garnett
Screenplay / Producer
Roy Watts
Editor
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 3, 1970
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingPG-13
Genres
Wiki.
Kes is a 1969 British film directed by Ken Loach (credited as Kenneth Loach) and produced by Tony Garnett, based on the 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by the Hoyland Nether–born author Barry Hines. Kes follows the story of Billy, who comes from a dysfunctional working-class family and is a no-hoper at school, but discovers his own private means of fulfilment when he adopts a fledgling kestrel and proceeds to train it in the art of falconry.
The film has been much praised, especially for the performance of the teenage David Bradley, who had never acted before, in the lead role, and for Loach's compassionate treatment of his working-class subject; it remains a biting indictment of the British education system of the time as well as of the limited career options then available to lower-class, unskilled workers in regional Britain. It was ranked seventh in the British Film Institute's Top Ten (British) Films. This was Loach's second feature film for cinema release.