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Description: 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 esca...

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

Written by: Bill Douglas

Director: Bill Douglas

Production: BFI

Release date: 31 Jul 2013