The Custard Boys (1979)
An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?
- Released
- 1979-11-24
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Colin Finbow, Colin Finbow, Kiran Garcha
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Chris Chescoe as Young John Curlew
- Eric Milliet as Mark Stein
- Ben Clennell as Lewis Craig
- Andrew Atkinson as Andrew Craig
- Matthew Cormack as Willie Aldrich
- Paul Bolton as Jacob Freen
- Glen Dunderdale as Mrs. Curlew
- Les Scott as Mr. Curlew
- Doug Dawes as Headmaster
- Roger Cleave as Mr. Wilson
- John Robinson as Tom