My Childhood (1972)

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46 min - Biography | Drama

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The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland... See full summary »

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Complete credited cast:
	Stephen Archibald	...	Jamie
	Hughie Restorick	...	Tommy
	Jean Taylor Smith	...	Grandmother
	Karl Fieseler	...	Helmuth
	Bernard McKenna	...	Tommy's Father
	Paul Kermack	...	Jamie's Father
	Helena Gloag	...	Father's Mother
	Ann Smith	...	Jamie's Mother
	Eileen McCallum	...	Nurse
	Helen Rae	...	Bus Conductress
	James Eccles	...	Man Singing

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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. Written by J Ward

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