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18 October 1985 (USA)
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A Social Document
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(Credited cast) | David Anderson | ... | Tam |
| Bill Armour | ... | Prison warder |
| Bill Barclay | ... | Bill |
| Martin Black | ... | Bobbie Dugan |
| Jim Boyce | ... | Sgt. Bobbie |
| Monica Brady | ... | Sheila |
| Jim Byars | ... | PC Green |
| Vince Cunningham | ... | News vendor |
| Jake D'Arcy | ... | Robbie |
| Scott Douglas | ... | Desk sergeant |
| Ken Drury | ... | Prison warder |
| Jackie Farrell | ... | Prison warder |
| Myra Forsyth | ... | Mrs. Johnson |
| Kate Gardiner | ... | Boyle´s mother |
| Jim Gibb | ... | Gus |
| Roy Hanlon | ... | Chief officer |
| David Hayman | ... | Jimmy Boyle |
| Billy Jeffrey | ... | Archie |
| Paul Kermack | ... | Prison doctor |
| James Macdonald | ... | Sergeant |
| Fulton Mackay | ... | Insp. Davidson |
| Lesley Mackie | ... | Malkie´s wife |
| Hugh Martin | ... | Prison governor |
| Jimmy Martin | ... | Mr. Doherty |
| John McGlynn | ... | Prison warder |
| Bruce McKenzie | ... | Hospital doctor |
| George Morgan | ... | Priest |
| P.H. Moriarty | ... | Prison warder |
| John Murtagh | ... | Piper |
| Anne Myatt | ... | Tam's wife |
| Hector Nicol | ... | Uncle Jody |
| Alex Norton | ... | Malkie |
| Jeff Norton | ... | Prison warder |
| Ron Paterson | ... | Prison governor |
| Billy Riddoch | ... | Fisherman (as Bill Riddoch) |
| Gaylie Runciman | ... | Sadie |
| Sean Scanlan | ... | Jackie |
| Farrell Sheridan | ... | Prison warder |
| Gerry Slevin | ... | Prison governor |
| John Stahl | ... | Det. Sgt. Williamson |
| David Stewart | ... | Judge |
| Irene Sunters | ... | Agnes |
| Gordon Taylor | ... | Prison warder |
| Frank Welshman | ... | Barman |
| Alexander West | ... | Ben |
| Jan Wilson | ... | Mrs. Docherty |
| Jimmy Yuill | ... | Dunkie |
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An interesting movie to say the least.....
I watched this film by complete accident and have never discounted the influence it has served in my life.
Once the film had been seen I went onto read the book (much more intense) and then the sequel (the pain of confidement). Eventually having lost the movie some years ago I managed to win a copy on Ebay some weeks ago, once again opening me up to the harshness and bleakness this film gave me and still does.
A wonderful performance by David Hayman (totally hard, totally cold) and others (watch out for Rab C Nesbitt and Fulton Mackay from Porridge).
The film portays the true story of Jimmy Boyle as rather biased towards Boyle forgetting the effect he would have on some peoples life. Do not forget that these prison officers took some almighty provocation from Mr. Boyle and when Mr. Boyle in the movie questions the officers about wether they are any different from him they're answer is "we have families at home waiting for us...."
Having watched the majority of British Prison movies (Macvicar, Scum) once is left with the feeling that this is the top one. So sad that is has not enjoyed it's day on DVD yet.
I visited Peterhead Prison some years ago and was astonished with it's look, goodness knows only what it was like inside.
The brutal nature of the film is also astounding, knife slashing, prison beatings and a quite astonishing deterrent by Boyle to avoiding such beatings (Urgh!).
Do such beatings deter, well now adays people believe such punishment has no effect and is unfair on the criminal, funny that as Boyle is now a reformed character preaching to the addicted masses, one could be contraversial and say that his punishment served as his "sense of freedom"