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Kes

Release Date:September 21, 1970

Running Time:111 min

Genres:Drama

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Cast

David Bradley Freddie Fletcher Lynne Perrie Colin Welland Brian Glover Bob Bowes Bernard Atha Laurence Bould Joey Kaye Ted Carroll Robert Naylor Agnes Drumgoon

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Synopsis

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.

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