The Custard Boys
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An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?
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Colin Finbow Director · Kiran Garcha Screenplay John Rae Author
First release November 24, 1979 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Children's Film Unit
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
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United Kingdom · November 24, 1979
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