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The Custard Boys (1979)

The Custard Boys (1979)

Drama Family
Release Date: 1979, November 24
Directors: Colin Finbow
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Children's Film Unit
Cast: John Robinson, Andrew Atkinson, Chris Chescoe, Eric Milliet, Ben Clennell, Matthew Cormack, Glen Dunderdale, Les Scott, Doug Dawes, Roger Cleave

Overview:

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?