Just a Boys' Game
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"Just a Boys' Game" is an episode of Play for Today written by Peter McDougall and directed by John Mackenzie.[1][2][3][4] "Just a Boys' Game" aired on 8 November 1979.[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.[1]
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 and Port Glasgow.[7]
Frankie Miller's song "Rules of the Game" is featured over the closing credits.[8]
Cast
- Jake McQuillen - Frankie Miller
- Dancer Dunnichy - Ken Hutchison
- Grannie - Jean Taylor-Smith
- Granda - Hector Nicol
- Tanza - Gregor Fisher
- Jane - Katherine Stark
- Bella - Jan Wilson
- Mental Dan - Jim Byars
- At the pub - Gaylie Runciman, James Morrison, Bill Riddock, Sandy West, Irene Sunters, Martin Cochrane, Elaine Collins, Freddie Boardley
- Young Team Boys - Billy Greenleas, Michael Malone, Hamish Taylor, Eddie Kane, David Fulton, Billy Faulds, Douglas Sannachan, Andrew Burns, Jimmy Fisher
- Group in Pub - The Cuban Heels
- Outside the Pub - James Kennedy, Myra Forsyth, David Voss, Peter Davidson
- Couple in Close - Katy Gardiner, Jimmy Martin
- Woman in Grocer's - Mairhi Russel
- At the Shipyard - Jackie Farrell, Campbell Morrison, John Butterly, Ken Henderson, James Boyce
- At Bella's Close - Barry Malone, Billy Jeffrey, John Murtagh, Johnny Adam
- Man at Snooker Hall - Ray Jeffries
- At the Garage - Eileen McCallum, David Anderson
- Jake's Family - Shenagh Douglas, Ivy Val, Ron Paterson
Critical reception
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
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External links
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