The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Karl Fieseler, Bernard McKenna, Paul Kermack
Crew: Bill Douglas (Director), Mick Campbell (Cinematography), Brand Thumim (Editor), Bill Douglas (Writer), Geoffrey Evans (Producer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: BFI
Runtime: 47 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 05, 1972
IMDb: 4.1
