The Custard Boys

An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?

Cast & Crew

Director

Colin Finbow

Chris Chescoe

Young John Curlew

Eric Milliet

Mark Stein

Ben Clennell

Lewis Craig

Andrew Atkinson

Andrew Craig

Matthew Cormack

Willie Aldrich

Paul Bolton

Jacob Freen