(The Custard Boys)

Content: 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?

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Drama,

Family

Runtime:

82 minutes

Year:

1979

Directors:

Colin Finbow

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Production companies:

Children's Film Unit

Actors:

Young John Curlew

Mark Stein

Lewis Craig

Andrew Craig

Willie Aldrich

Crews:

Director

Screenplay

Screenplay

Novel

Music