We thought Nicholas Wilde's book 'Down Came a Blackbird' was probably better than this film version, (it has a more complex and darker premise) in which Jon Newman cannot carry the leading role. Prunella Scales and George Cole offer support, but Johnson is clearly no actor's director. The flashback stuff is handled quite well. The relationship between the boys just seemed quite gay to me (which would have given the story an interesting spin!)
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