Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.
WHERE TO WATCH
STREAMING
Criterion Channel
STREAMING
BFI Player Amazon Channel
STREAMING
LOG THIS FILM
LOADING...
CAST
Stephen Archibald
Jamie
Joseph Blatchley
Robert
Paul Kermack
Jamie's father
Jessie Combe
Father's wife
William Carroll
Their son, Archie
?
Morag McNee
Father's girlfriend
?
Lennox Milne
Grandmother
John Young
Shop assistant
Gerald James
Mr Bridge
?
Radir
Egyptian boy
?
Andrew
Boy in home
