Just a Boys' Game

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Just a Boys' Game
Written byPeter McDougall
Directed byJohn Mackenzie
StarringFrankie Miller
Ken Hutchison
Jean Taylor Smith
Music byFrankie Miller
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
ProducerRichard Eyre
CinematographyElmer Cossey
EditorGraham Walker
Running time71 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release8 November 1979 (1979-11-08)[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[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index".
  2. ^ a b "Just a Boy's Game (1979)". BFI.
  3. ^ "Play For Today - Series 10: 1. Just a Boys' Game" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Just A Boy's Game | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ "Just A Boy's Game (1979) | The List". film.list.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Play for Today Season 10". Radio Times.
  7. ^ "Just a Boys' Game and the work of Peter McDougall". 11 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Frankie Miller - Rules Of The Game - Just A Boys Game OST Chords - Chordify". chordify.net.
  9. ^ "BFI Screenonline: McDougall, Peter (1947-) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.

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