The Custard Boys

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?

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

Family

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

1979

Director:

Colin Finbow

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Company:

Children's Film Unit

Cast:

Young John Curlew

Mark Stein

Lewis Craig

Andrew Craig

Willie Aldrich

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