They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
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CinemaSerf
Jun 9, 2026
When I think back to my childhood, this is one of the few films that I ever saw that induced some sort of emotional reaction. It was it's last five minutes that achieved that, but building up to this denouement we watch the antics of the amiable working class lad "Billy" (David Bradley). He lives with his mum (Lynne Perrie) and his older, bullying,…