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7.8

The Boys

NR·1962·123m

Crime

Drama

Crime

Drama

Summary

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.

Cast

Richard Todd

Victor Webster

Robert Morley

Montgomery

Dudley Sutton

Stanley Herbert "Stan" Coulter

Ronald Lacey

William Henry "Billy" Herne

Jess Conrad

Brian Harold "Barney" Lee

Tony Garnett

James Alan "Ginger" Thompson

Wilfrid Brambell

Norman Albert Brewer

Felix Aylmer

Judge

David Lodge

Mr. Herne

Patrick Magee

Mr. Lee

Allan Cuthbertson

Randolph St. John

Colin Gordon

Gordon Percy Lonsdale

Kenneth J. Warren

George Henry Tanner

Wensley Pithey

Mr. Coulter

Carol White

Evelyn May

Betty Marsden

Mrs. Herne

Mavis Villiers

Anne Celia Barker

Patrick Newell

Tom Crowhurst

Rita Webb

Mrs. Lee

Roy Kinnear

Mark Salmon

Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Thompson

Kevin Stoney

Police Inspector at the Trial (uncredited)

Olga Dickie

Mrs. Coulter

Laurence Hardy

Patmore

Charles Morgan

Samuel Wallace

Tom Chatto

Morris

Harold Scott

Caldwell

George Moon

Mr. Champneys

Lloyd Lamble

Insp. Larner

Ian Fleming

Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

Terry Richards

Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Juror (uncredited)

Brian Weske

Club Announcer (uncredited)

Ian Wilson

(uncredited)

Crew

Director

Sidney J. Furie

Writer

Stuart Douglass

Reviews

Geronimo1967

November 19, 2024

Richard Todd and Robert Morley star in this super courtroom drama with a good solid story and some really deft performances. A nightwatchman is murdered and four troublemaking youths are apprehended by the police and put on trial for the crime. What appears, initially, to be a bit of a fait-accompli develops into an interesting evaluation of social norms and attitudes in early 60s Britain. Todd is incisive as the prosecuting barrister and Morley much less avuncular with his conducting of their defence than is usual for his performances. Dudley Sutton (probably most famous as "Tinker" in the BBC series "Lovejoy" that brought Ian McShane to the fore) is superb, as is Ronald Lacey and Felix Aylmer keeps things on an even keel as the High Court Judge. Definitely worth watching...