
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.

Stephen Archibald
Jamie

Joseph Blatchley
Robert

Paul Kermack
Jamie's father

Jessie Combe
Father's wife


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November 1, 1978
1h 12m
7.2
Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas
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BFI
GB

William Carroll
Their son, Archie

Morag McNee
Father's girlfriend

Lennox Milne
Grandmother

John Young
Shop assistant

Gerald James
Mr Bridge

Radir
Egyptian boy
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