The Innocent (1985)
A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.
- Released
- 1985-03-18
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Mackenzie, Ray Jenkins
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Andrew Hawley as Timothy 'Tim' Dobson
- Kika Markham as Mrs. Dobson
- Liam Neeson as John Carns
- Patrick Daley as Eddie King
- Paul Askew as Stanley
- Lorraine Peters as Win's grandmother
- Tom Bell as Frank Dobson
- Richard Hope as Mouth Organ Player
- Jack Carr as Mill Owner
- Clive Wood as Turner
- Miranda Richardson as Mary Turner
- Richard Laxton as Reg Reid