
The Custard Boys (1979)
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Nov 24, 1979 (US)
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Drama, Family
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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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Cast

Chris Chescoe
Young John Curlew

Eric Milliet
Mark Stein

Ben Clennell
Lewis Craig

Andrew Atkinson
Andrew Craig

Matthew Cormack
Willie Aldrich

Paul Bolton
Jacob Freen

Glen Dunderdale
Mrs. Curlew

Les Scott
Mr. Curlew

Doug Dawes
Headmaster

Roger Cleave
Mr. Wilson