My Childhood (1972)
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
Director: Bill Douglas
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Stephen Archibald as Jamie |
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Hughie Restorick as Tommy |
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Jean Taylor Smith as Grandmother |
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Karl Fieseler as Helmuth |
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Bernard McKenna as Tommy's father |
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Paul Kermack as Jamie's father |
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Helena Gloag as Father's mother |
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Ann Smith as Jamie's mother |
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Eileen McCallum as Nurse |
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Helen Rae as Bus conductress |
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James Eccles as Man singing |
| Directing | Bill Douglas | Director |
| Crew | Mick Campbell | Cinematography |
| Editing | Brand Thumim | Editor |
| Writing | Bill Douglas | Writer |
| Production | Geoffrey Evans | Producer |
