Kes (1970)
"They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit."
ThumbScore
👍 82%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Freddie Fletcher as Jud
Lynne Perrie as Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland as Mr. Farthing
Bob Bowes as Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha as Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Is Kes good?
Most people think so. 82% audience score, estimated from 466 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
Overview
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence. Wikipedia ↗
