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Black Jack (1979)

Director: Ken Loach

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From Time Out Film Guide

An amiable adaptation of the classic kids' novel by Leon Garfield, which tells the adventures of a boy on the road in brutal, colourful 1750s England. Loach shoots the film with characteristic sensitivity (and scrupulous period realism), but his unwillingness to face the challenges of social history, and his failure to capture the magical spirit of the novel, let him down.

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Cast & crew

Director: Ken Loach

Producer: Tony Garnett

Cast: Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Jean Franval, Phil Askham, Pat Wallis, John Young full cast

Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers

Duration: 110 mins


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