Just a Boys' Game

Just a Boys' Game is a 1979 Play for Today which aired 8 November 1979, written by Peter McDougall and directed by John Mackenzie.[1][2][3][4]

It features Frankie Miller, Gregor Fisher, Ken Hutchison, Hector Nicol, Jean Taylor Smith, Katherine Stark, Barry Malone, Michael Malone and band The Cuban Heels.

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.

The play was filmed in and around Greenock, Drumchapel and Port Glasgow.

References

"Just a Boy's Game (1979)". BFI.
"Play For Today - Series 10: 1. Just a Boys' Game" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
"Just A Boy's Game | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com.
"Just A Boy's Game (1979) | The List". film.list.co.uk.

External links

Just a Boys' Game at IMDb

Films directed by John Mackenzie

One Brief Summer (1970)
Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
Made (1972)
The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil (1973)
Just Another Saturday (1975)
Double Dare (1976)
Apaches (1977)
Just a Boys' Game (1979)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
A Sense of Freedom (1981)
The Honorary Consul (1983)
The Innocent (1985)
Act of Vengeance (1986)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
The Last of the Finest (1990)
Ruby (1992)
Voyage (1993)
The Infiltrator (1995)
Deadly Voyage (1996)
Looking After Jo Jo (1998)
When the Sky Falls (2000)
Quicksand (2003)

The Play for Today series

Associated

Play for Tomorrow (1982 series)

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