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1st episode of the 10th series of Play for Today From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"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]
"Just a Boys' Game" | |
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Play for Today episode | |
Episode no. | Series 10 Episode 1 |
Directed by | John Mackenzie |
Written by | Peter McDougall |
Featured music | Frankie Miller |
Cinematography by | Elmer Cossey |
Editing by | Graham Walker |
Original air date | 8 November 1979 |
Running time | 71 minutes |
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, Drumchapel[citation needed] and Port Glasgow.[7]
Frankie Miller's song "Rules of the Game" is featured over the closing credits.[8]
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]
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