In 1962 London, four troublesome teenagers are charged by the police with robbing a garage and murdering the night watchman.In 1962 London, four troublesome teenagers are charged by the police with robbing a garage and murdering the night watchman.In 1962 London, four troublesome teenagers are charged by the police with robbing a garage and murdering the night watchman.
Wilfrid Brambell
- Robert Brewer
- (as Wilfred Bramble)
Allan Cuthbertson
- Randolph St. John
- (as Alan Cuthbertson)
Wensley Pithey
- Mr. Coulter
- (as Wensley Pithey/Wensley Athey)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaJess Conrad has said in interviews that Sidney J. Furie told the "boys" to tear up the script and improvise their dialogue.
- GoofsThe events leading to the trial are said on numerous occasions throughout the film to have taken place on a Thursday, January 15, 1962. January 15, 1962 was actually a Monday.
- Quotes
Montgomery: Now then, when you first saw these boys, what was your impression?
Bus conductor: I don't know what you mean.
Montgomery: I mean what sort of people did they seem to be, Mr Salmon? Milkmen, postmen, politicians?
Bus conductor: Teddy boys.
Montgomery: What do you mean by 'teddy boys'?
Bus conductor: Well, they dressed like teddy boys and they behaved like teddy boys.
- Alternate versionsThe 2009 DVD master seems to come from a TV master. The movie is cropped to a ratio 1:1.77 with some strong anamorphic deformations. Also the nude calendar presented at the trial is blurred.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Talkies: The Boys Reunion (2017)
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Dickens, circa 1962!
The writings of Charles Dickens are known, apart from their obvious entertainment value, as chronicles of the times in which he lived highlighted by over-the-top characterizations and true-to-life environments. So it is with this movie.
I won't dwell on the plot - suffice it to say that it's presentation is sufficiently original to hold the viewer virtually spellbound in an emotional roller-coaster (big dipper to you Brits!) Rather, the value of this movie is the tantalizing peek it affords us to a Great Britain in general, and a London in particular, immediately pre-Beatles.
This movie is a "must see" for those who wish to visit or re-live the London of 1962! It's a gritty, no holds barred look at the time between Harold (You-never-had-it-so-good) Macmillan's nineteen fifties and the Swinging Sixties.
I won't dwell on the plot - suffice it to say that it's presentation is sufficiently original to hold the viewer virtually spellbound in an emotional roller-coaster (big dipper to you Brits!) Rather, the value of this movie is the tantalizing peek it affords us to a Great Britain in general, and a London in particular, immediately pre-Beatles.
This movie is a "must see" for those who wish to visit or re-live the London of 1962! It's a gritty, no holds barred look at the time between Harold (You-never-had-it-so-good) Macmillan's nineteen fifties and the Swinging Sixties.
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- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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