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.
Cast
David Bradley
Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Unknown
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
Ted Carroll
Unknown
Robert Naylor
MacDowell
Agnes Drumgoon
Unknown
George Speed
Billy's Friend
Desmond Guthrie
Unknown
Zoe Sunderland
Librarian
Eric Bolderson
Farmer
Joe Miller
Reg
Beryl Carroll
Unknown
Julie Shakespeare
Unknown
Bill Dean
Fish and Chip Shop Man
Geoffrey Banks
Maths Teacher
John Grayson
Unknown
Duggie Brown
Milkman
Trevor Hesketh
Mr. Crossley
Stephen Crossland
Billy's Friend
Harry Markham
Newsagent
David Glover
Tibbutt
Frank Norton
Billy's Friend
Martin Harley
Billy's Friend
Leslie Stringer
Unknown
Crew
Ken Loach
Director, Screenplay
Barry Hines
Adaptation, Novel
Tony Garnett
Screenplay, Producer
Roy Watts
Editor
Franco Rosso
Assistant Editor
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Sean Hudson
Second Assistant Director
Keith Evans
Assistant Director
John Cameron
Original Music Composer
Arthur Evans
Still Photographer
William McCrow
Art Direction
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