Cosh Boy BFI Video Dual Format

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A gang of juvenile delinquents tear up post-war London in Lewis Gilbert’s shocking and energetic x-rated drama

A gang of juvenile delinquents tear up post-war London in Lewis Gilbert’s shocking and energetic x-rated drama.?

Roy (James Kenney) is a brash, chain-smoking thug who bullies his friends (including Rene, played by a young Joan Collins) into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behaviour escalates to murderous consequences. ?

Unafraid to tackle a host of taboo subjects, Cosh Boy is a penetrating portrait of 1950s Britain and its simmering social tensions. One of the first British films to receive an ‘X’ certificate, this landmark classic is available on Blu-ray for the first time and is the 40th entry to the longstanding BFI Flipside catalogue.

BFI Flipside is dedicated to rediscovering the margins of British film, reclaiming a space for forgotten movies and filmmakers who would otherwise be in danger of disappearing from our screens forever. It is a home for UK cinematic oddities, offering everything from exploitation documentaries to B-movies, countercultural curios and obscure classics, If it's weird, British and forgotten, then it's Flipside.

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• Stranger in the City (1961, 22 mins): short film by Robert Hartford-Davis about Soho in the 1960s
• Johnny on the Run (1953, 68 mins): Lewis Gilbert’s Children’s Film Foundation production starring Sydney Tafler (Carve Her Name with Pride) and featuring an appearance by Dad’s Army actor John Laurie
• The Ten Year Plan (1945, 17 mins): COI film by Lewis Gilbert featuring Charles Hawtrey
• Harmony Lane (1954, 24 mins): musical comedy short by Lewis Gilbert
• Teddy Boys (1956, 8 mins)
• Interview with Ian Whittaker (6 mins): short interview with one of the stars of Cosh Boy
• US title sequence (1952, 3 mins): opening sequence to the US cut, featuring alternative footage and titles 

Product contentsDVD & Blu-ray Editions

Year1953

DirectorLewis Gilbert

FormatDVD, Blu-Ray

Publisher(s)BFI

CountriesUnited Kingdom

ColourBlack & White

Language(s)English

Running time73 min

DVD region2

Blu-ray regionB