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Programme Information

The first part of Bill Douglas's influential trilogy looks back to his impoverished childhood in early 1940s Scotland, where the cinema was his only escape.

Keywords:

Drama, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1972) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Stephen Archibald	.... Jamie
Hughie Restorick	.... Tommy
Jean Taylor-Smith	.... Grandmother
Karl Fieseler	.... Helmuth
Bernard McKenna	.... Tommy's Father
Paul Kermack	.... Jamie's Father

Supporting Cast:

Helena Gloag	.... Father's Mother
Ann Smith	.... Jamie's Mother
Eileen McCallum	.... Nurse
Helen Rae	.... Bus Conductress
James Eccles	.... Man Singing

Directors:

Bill Douglas

Writers:

Bill Douglas

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