Boy Soldier (1987)
A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."
Director: Karl Francis
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Richard Lynch as Wil Thomas |
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Emer Gillespie as Deirdre |
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Bernard Hill as Officer |
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Dafydd Hywel as Sergeant Crane |
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Simon Coady as Quinnell |
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Dylan Davies as Joe |
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James Donnelly as Truscott-Jones |
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Russell Gomer as Wright |
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Terry Jackson as Sergeant |
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Bernard Latham as Roberts |
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Timothy Lyn as Gary |
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Stephen Lyons as Hotel Manager |
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Roger Nott as Captain |
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Robert Pugh as RSM |
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Ian Saynor as Captain |
| Directing | Karl Francis | Director |
| Writing | Karl Francis | Writer |
| Camera | Roger Pugh Evans | Director of Photography |
