Before Stephen Frears was fancy, he made this grimy gem about broken men and broken kids.
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.
Acting
Pryce's nervous energy before he was famous.
Direction
Frears finding his bleak humanist voice.
Director
Stephen Frears
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on 16mm for ITV's 'Sunday Night Theatre' — Frears' second directing credit.
Peter Prince's novel captured 1970s Britain's collapse of social services optimism.
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