Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.
Genre: Drama Actors: Bernard Atha, Bill Dean, Bob Bowes, Brian Glover, Colin Welland, David Bradley, David Glover, Duggie Brown, Eric Bolderson, Freddie Fletcher, Geoffrey Banks, George Speed, Harry Markham, Joe Miller, Joey Kaye, Lynne Perrie, Robert Naylor, Trevor Hesketh, Zoe Sunderland Directors: Ken Loach Production: Kestrel Films Ltd., Woodfall Film Productions
