Directed by:
Lewis GilbertCinematography:
Jack AsherCast:
Joan Collins, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Naismith, Frederick Piper, Sidney James, Cameron Hall, Walter HuddPlots(1)
A gang of juvenile delinquents tear up post-war London in Lewis Gilbert's shocking and energetic X-rated drama. Roy (James Kenney) is a brash, chain-smoking thug who bullies his friends (including Rene, played by a young Joan Collins) into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behaviour escalates to murderous consequences. Unafraid to tackle a host of taboo subjects, Cosh Boy is a penetrating portrait of 1950s Britain and its simmering social tensions. One, of not the first British films to receive an 'X' certificate. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Joan Collins
UK
Best movies:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
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Hermione Baddeley
UK
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Hermione Gingold
UK
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Laurence Naismith
UK
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Frederick Piper
UK
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Sabotage (1936)
Sidney James
South Africa
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The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Cameron Hall
UK
Best movies:
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Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
Walter Hudd
UK
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Reach for the Sky (1956)
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