Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names . Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr. Farthing (Colin Welland) and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence, until tragedy strikes.
Bernard Atha, Bill Dean, Brian Glover, Colin Welland, David Bradley, David Glover, Duggie Brown, Freddie Fletcher, Geoffrey Banks, Harry Markham, Joey Kaye, John Grayson, Lynne Perrie, Ted Carroll
Drama