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My Childhood (1972)

Overview

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
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Bill Douglas profile
Bill Douglas

Director

Cast

Stephen Archibald profile
Stephen Archibald

Jamie

Hughie Restorick profile
Hughie Restorick

Tommy

Jean Taylor Smith profile
Jean Taylor Smith

Grandmother

Karl Fieseler profile
Karl Fieseler

Helmuth

Bernard McKenna profile
Bernard McKenna

Tommy's father

Paul Kermack profile
Paul Kermack

Jamie's father

Helena Gloag profile
Helena Gloag

Father's mother

Ann Smith profile
Ann Smith

Jamie's mother

Eileen McCallum profile
Eileen McCallum

Nurse

Helen Rae profile
Helen Rae

Bus conductress

James Eccles profile
James Eccles

Man singing

Stephen Archibald profile
Stephen Archibald

Jamie

Hughie Restorick profile
Hughie Restorick

Tommy

Jean Taylor Smith profile
Jean Taylor Smith

Grandmother

Karl Fieseler profile
Karl Fieseler

Helmuth

Bernard McKenna profile
Bernard McKenna

Tommy's father

Paul Kermack profile
Paul Kermack

Jamie's father

Helena Gloag profile
Helena Gloag

Father's mother

Ann Smith profile
Ann Smith

Jamie's mother

Eileen McCallum profile
Eileen McCallum

Nurse

Helen Rae profile
Helen Rae

Bus conductress

James Eccles profile
James Eccles

Man singing

Extra

Release Date

June 5, 1972

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Videos

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Bill Douglas Trilogy-trailer.mp4

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