Cast
Stephen Archibald Hughie Restorick Jean Taylor Smith Karl Fieseler Bernard McKenna Paul Kermack
Credits
Written by: 
Bill Douglas
Plot
A black-and-white film of the harsh childhood of Jamie in a Scottish mining village in the 1940s, from the first part of the trilogy, in a poetic and grim portrait of poverty.
Sinekatalog’s take
A poetic and austere masterpiece of British cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (1,577 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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