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?

• Colin FinbowDirector
• Colin FinbowScreenplay
• Kiran GarchaScreenplay

• Chris ChescoeYoung John Curlew
• Eric MillietMark Stein
• Ben ClennellLewis Craig
• Andrew AtkinsonAndrew Craig
• Matthew CormackWillie Aldrich
• Paul BoltonJacob Freen
• Glen DunderdaleMrs. Curlew
• Les ScottMr. Curlew
• Doug DawesHeadmaster
• Roger CleaveMr. Wilson
• John RobinsonTom