Just a Boys' Game
| Just a Boys' Game | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Written by | Peter McDougall |
| Directed by | John Mackenzie |
| Starring | Frankie Miller Ken Hutchison Jean Taylor Smith |
| Music by | Frankie Miller |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Producer | Richard Eyre |
| Cinematography | Elmer Cossey |
| Editor | Graham Walker |
| Running time | 71 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 8 November 1979[1] |
Just a Boys' Game is a 1979 Play for Today written by Peter McDougall and directed by John Mackenzie.[2][3][4][5]
It features Frankie Miller, Gregor Fisher, Ken Hutchison, Hector Nicol, Jean Taylor Smith, Katherine Stark, Barry Malone, Michael Malone and band The Cuban Heels.[2]
The plot revolves around the life of Jake McQuillan who lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who used to be Greenock's hardest man.[6]
The play was filmed in and around Greenock, Drumchapel[citation needed] and Port Glasgow.[7]
Frankie Miller's song Rules of the Game is featured over the closing credits.[8]
Cast
- Jake McQuillen - Frankie Miller
- Dancer Dunnichy - Ken Hutchison
- Grannie - Jean Taylor Smith
- Granda - Hector Nicol
- Tanza - Gregor Fisher
- Jane - Katherine Stark
- Bella - Jan Wilson
- Mental Dan - Jim Byars
- At the pub - Irene Sunters, Martin Cochrane
Critical reception
Screenonline wrote "stunningly photographed by Elmer Cossey and featured McDougall's most crackling dialogue and richest characterisations, all brilliantly evoked by a cast headed by blues singer Frankie Miller in a performance that melts the camera in its intensity."[9]
References
- ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index".
- ^ a b "Just a Boy's Game (1979)". BFI.
- ^ "Play For Today - Series 10: 1. Just a Boys' Game" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Just A Boy's Game | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Just A Boy's Game (1979) | The List". film.list.co.uk.
- ^ "Play for Today Season 10". Radio Times.
- ^ "Just a Boys' Game and the work of Peter McDougall". 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Frankie Miller - Rules Of The Game - Just A Boys Game OST Chords - Chordify". chordify.net.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: McDougall, Peter (1947-) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.
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