Scum (1979)

UK:: 18 US:: R Crime Drama

This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. 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'. This film is a re-make, by the same director and writer, of a 1977 BBC teleplay banned before broadcast [see Scum (1991)].

Updated May 10 2020

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england controversy suicide inmate regime struggle racism violence prison riot revenge death corruption abuse offender power banned

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Runtime: 98 mins Budget: $420,000 Rating: 7.3 Tag Line: The film they tried to ban! A brutal story of today.

Cast

P.H. Moriarty

Mr. Hunt

Ray Winstone

Bruno

Peter Francis

Baldy

Philip Jackson

Greaves

John Grillo

Goodyear

Jo Kendall

Matron

Sean Chapman

James

Perry Benson

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