Rent Bloody Kids (1980)
3.3 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
Set in the tense, nihilistic urban landscape of early-Thatcherism, award-winning playwright Stephen Poliakoff's (Gideon's Daughter, The Lost Prince) original screenplay is concerned with the drama surrounding two eleven-year-old boys - the manipulative Leo (Richard Thomas) and the manipulated Mike (Peter Clark), who grow up amid conflict and violence in Southend-on-Sea. A prank to test the fallibility of the police goes badly wrong and Leo is stabbed. With the police hot on his heels, Mike immediately goes on the run. Derrick O'Connor (Fox, Lethal Weapon 2) and Jack Douglas (Carry On, Shillingbury Tales) play the sorely tested policemen hot on their trail and Gary Holton (Auf Widersehen Pet) plays a young punk who befriends Mike. - Actors:
- Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton, Richard Thomas, Peter Clark, Gwyneth Strong, Caroline Embling, Jack Douglas, Billy Colvill, P.H. Moriarty, Richard Hope, Niall Padden, John Mulcahy, Terry Paris, Neil Cunningham, George Costigan, Stewart Harwood, Tammy Jacobs, Daniel Peacock, Paul Mari, Mel Smith
- Directors:
- Stephen Frears
- Producers:
- Barry Hanson
- Writers:
- Stephen Poliakoff
- Aka:
- One Joke Too Many / Red Saturday
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stephen Frears
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
