Despite having a drunken, abusive father and a brother who leads a local gang John McGill is a studious boy for whom a bright educational future beckons. As he grows into his teenage years, the challenges of youth mixed with the challenges of being brought up in a tribal and violent place right at the low end of the class spectrum take their toll. John is a fighter, which although isn't what his Mother, at least, wishes for him; may it prove to be what brings him salvation?—don @ minifie-1
boy, brother, john, emotional, glasgow, street, gangs, warfare, reputation, rivalry, 1970s
The casting is good throughout, but McCarron makes the movie.
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