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Oct 27, 2016 · David Bradley, who played Billy Casper in the 1969 film Kes, with a kestrel in a park in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo. Kes. This article is more than 7 years...
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- Alex Godfrey
Aug 30, 2023 · Based on Barry Hines’ novel A Kestrel For A Knave, Bradley’s Billy is a troubled boy whose kinship with a local kestrel brings him a sense of purpose and personal pride – until the bird,...
Aug 30, 2023 · David Bradley, the actor who rose to fame in his debut movie Kes, has revealed that the classic Ken Loach movie of 1969 is “too painful” to watch. Bradley portrayed the central character, a young boy named Billy Casper, who finds friendship in a local kestrel.
Apr 3, 1970 · Kes: Directed by Ken Loach. With David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland. A working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
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- Drama, Family
- Ken Loach
- 1970-04-03
Apr 2, 2021 · Kes won David Bradley the most promising newcomer BAFTA, with Colin Welland winning best actor in a supporting role. For some of the cast, the film was a springboard into successful TV and film careers, soap stardom and more. Here's what happened to the cast of Kes -and where they are now.
BBC News. A forgotten film canister discovered in a South Yorkshire loft has been found to contain an original 35mm copy of Ken Loach's 1969 film Kes. It is thought to be one of only two original...
Billy (an astonishingly naturalistic David Bradley) is a fifteen-year-old miner’s son whose close bond with a wild kestrel provides him with a spiritual escape from his dead-end life.
