The Boys (1962 British film)

The Boys is a 1962 British courtroom drama film, directed by Sidney J. Furie and with a screenplay by Stuart Douglass.[1]

The Boys
Directed bySidney J. Furie
Produced bySidney J. Furie
Written byStuart Douglass
StarringRichard Todd
Robert Morley
Felix Aylmer
Music byThe Shadows
CinematographyGerald Gibbs
Edited byJack Slade
Production
company
Atlas Productions
Galaworldfilm Productions
Distributed byGala Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
September 1962 (UK)
Running time
123 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Four youths, described frequently but incorrectly as teddy boys, are on trial for the murder of a garage night watchman in the course of a burglary. Witnesses and the accused give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, a dispiriting and frustrating evening out in London. Flashbacks of the teenagers' insecure and sometimes alienated lives contrast strongly with the austere legality of the courtroom as, by degrees, the truth emerges.

Cast

Uncredited

Soundtrack

The Shadows composed four songs for the film that were released as an EP.

Critical reception
  • bbc.co.uk called it an "innovative kitchen-sink drama charting the rise of teenage gang culture." [2]
  • TV Guide noted "good performances all around, but the effect is muddled by a complicated flashback structure." [3]
  • AllMovie wrote "The Boys benefits from Furie's dextrous use of flashbacks during the testimony scenes." [4]

Legacy

On 17 September 2017, the 55th anniversary of the film's release, the three surviving "boys", Conrad, Garnett and Sutton, met for a reunion showing of the film at Elstree Studios where the courtroom scenes were filmed. It was explained at the Q&A section of the event that this was the first time any of the four had met since the film was made.[5]

References
  1. "The Boys (1962) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. "The Summer of British Film - The Boys". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. "The Boys Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for The Boys | TVGuide.com". Movies.tvguide.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  4. "The Boys (1962) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  5. http://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/video/boys-event-elstree-studios/
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