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The Custard Boys (1979)

8 | Nov 24, 1979 (US) | Drama, Family | 01:22

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?

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Chris Chescoe
Young John Curlew
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Eric Milliet
Mark Stein
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Ben Clennell
Lewis Craig
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Andrew Atkinson
Andrew Craig
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Matthew Cormack
Willie Aldrich
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Paul Bolton
Jacob Freen
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Glen Dunderdale
Mrs. Curlew
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Les Scott
Mr. Curlew
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Doug Dawes
Headmaster
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Roger Cleave
Mr. Wilson