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The Boys (1962) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Sidney J. Furie

Written By:
Stuart Douglass

Actors:
Richard Todd ..... Victor Webster
Robert Morley ..... Montgomery
Dudley Sutton ..... Stan Coulter
Ronald Lacey ..... Billy Herne
Tony Garnett ..... Ginger Thompson
Jess Conrad ..... Barney Lee
Felix Aylmer ..... The Judge
Wilfrid Brambell ..... Robert Brewer (as Wilfred Bramble)
Allan Cuthbertson ..... Randolph St. John (as Alan Cuthbertson)
Colin Gordon ..... Gordon Lonsdale
Wensley Pithey ..... Mr. Coulter (as Wensley Athey)
Kenneth J. Warren ..... George Tanner
Patrick Magee ..... Mr. Lee
David Lodge ..... Mr. Herne
Mavis Villiers ..... Celia Barker

Synopsis:

Director Sidney J. Furie was betwixt and between his Canadian TV work and his theatrical-film prominence vis-a-vis Ipcress File (1965) when he helmed the British social melodrama The Boys. The title characters are four youths, all implicated in the murder of a night watchman. Robert Morley plays the defence attorney who tries to convince the jury to render a charitable verdict. His basic argument is that the government expects a death sentence in cases involving robbery, but is more lenient towards crimes of passion. Prosecuting attorney Richard Todd is unmoved; his job is to prove that the boys aren't the innocent victims of society they're made out to be. With the original music by "The Shadows"

Cowritten by director Sidney J. Furie, The Boys in Company C charts the fortunes of five young Marine recruits. Led by Stan Shaw, the quintet is shipped off to Vietnam. The film makes no bones about the demoralizing effect the war has on its participants, nor the pigheadedness of the military higher-ups who think only in terms of body counts and photo ops. Of the five recruits, the most memorable are Michael Lembeck as Vinnie Fazio, the resident wiseguy (the same type of role played by Lembeck's dad Harvey in 1950s war films) and Andrew Stevens as Billy Ray Pike, a straight-arrow type who succumbs to the lure of drugs; the others are played by Craig Wasson, James Canning, and Scott Hylands.

Courtroom drama covering the trial of four young London hoodlums, charged with murdering an elderly garage man.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 02 January, 2010.

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