- Starring:
- Ray WinstoneJohn BlundellRay BurdisAlan IgbonP.H. MoriartyJo Kendall...
- Release Date:
- 12 September 1979 Canada ...
- Genres:
- DramaCrime
- Region:
- UK
- Language:
- English
- Runtime:
- 98 min
- Color:
- Color
- Other Info:
- LaboratoryKay Laboratories Ltd., London, UK / Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm / Cinematographic processSpherical / Printed film format35 mm / Aspect rat
- Also Called:
- Escoria Spain, Kapina nuorisovankilassa Finland, Revolt Sweden, Scum - Abschaum West Germany
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. Luckily the regime has changed since this film was made. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the 'old hands'. The film was originally made as a BBC play but it was banned before ever being shown. So 'Alan Clarke' and 'Roy Minton' got it re-made as a film. This is a tough and brutal film and should not b
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