My Way Home
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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.
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Part of Bill Douglas Trilogy
3 films
Cast
11 people
Stephen Archibald
Jamie
Also in
The Velveteen Rabbit
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Joseph Blatchley
Robert
Known for
The Story of Adèle H.
Incognito
Paul Kermack
Jamie's father
Also in
Eclipse
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Jessie Combe
Father's wife
William Carroll
Their son, Archie
Morag McNee
Father's girlfriend
No other roles listed
Lennox Milne
Grandmother
Also in
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Brotherly Love
John Young
Shop assistant
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Gerald James
Mr Bridge
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
Hope and Glory
Radir
Egyptian boy
No other roles listed
Andrew
Boy in home
Bill Douglas Director · Mick Audsley Editor
First release November 1, 1978 · Produced in United Kingdom, Egypt · Production British Film Institute
Production
BFI
Production
British Film Institute
Production
United Kingdom · Egypt
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 1, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
May 30, 2016 · TV · ARTE
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