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Scum is a 1979 British prison drama film directed by Alan Clarke and starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth and John Blundell. The film portrays the brutality of life inside a British borstal. The script was originally filmed as a television play for the BBC's Play for Today series in 1977.
Sep 28, 1979 · Scum: Directed by Alan Clarke. With Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell. An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s.
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- Crime, Drama
- Alan Clarke
- 1979-09-28
Scum R 1979 1h 36m Drama List 89% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 91% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Perverse conditions within a British reform school reach a boiling point.
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- Alan Clarke
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- Ray Winstone
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Jul 6, 2017 · Ray Winstone stars in a restored version of British director Alan Clarke's violent, controversial 1979 tale about a young man in a detention center.
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Currently you are able to watch "Scum" streaming on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV for free with ads. Synopsis Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
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One of the great films about boys and violence, about the allure and horror and inevitability of young toughs seizing power by smashing some skulls — and replicating, in their own private hellscape, the societal structures that have ground them down. Read More.
R , 1h 36m. Drama. Directed By: Alan Clarke. Berwick Street Productions, Kendon Films. Scum Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Tanner Tafelski Kinoscope. It's a...
