That's my dad talking on the walky talky, just how I last remembered him, over 30 years ago, sadly I have just found out he passed away after years of looking for him, so proud of you dad, love u forever x❤
hello mate I’m very sorry that you never managed to find your dad after so many years, it’s a difficult thing knowing much about your own father I feel for you I’m very sorry, stay safe take care 🙌
I was brought up in Glasgow, during that period. My old man worked in the Shipyards too and my mother used to head up to the gates, with my brothers and sister in tow, to get the housekeeping from my da, before he headed for the pub and paid the loansharks, just like the film. Hard times. Haven't seen this film for around 40 years.
Was it hard times. In those days we were happy for what we had. Did t want what we couldn't get. Loan sharks turned into loan companies. These days everyone gets what they want and live in debt for most of it. We played with sticks as guns and girls played with skipping ropes and chalk on a pavement. British bulldogs and kick the can. Now our kids want more and more and no concept of what it's like to have nothing. I grew up through the skinheads, bover boys, punks and casuals. It's all just the same thing on repeat. My mother once introduced me to Boyle, my fathers friend was Rod McClean from Edinburgh. Always made me wonder exactly who my parents were in their day. I do however find it disgusting what they have done to Glasgow, it's lost between these times and all their new buildings. Thatcher killed off Scotland and indeed the rest of the UK
Glasgow is a wonderfull place to grow up in ....but this city can chew u up and spit u bk out...but over all its no that bad ...just watch yer back lol
Wow just after seeing this video about jimmy boyal, A sense of freedom, i was doing 12 mts back in 88 in Ireland and I came across this book in the prison library and it was the first book i ever read in my life and i was always in trouble with the screws i don't know why but after reading jimmy boyals book sense of freedom i just sorted to get an with the screws and ill never forget that book, because i has been in and out of prison for about 12 years and im just after seeing the film and believe me that book is one great read for anyone who has trouble trying to get on against the system, i will never forget that book, , so thank for putting this video on TH-cam bro it brought back memories when I was just 16 years old and fighting against the system, you'll never win , but thanks to jimmy boyal i was able to change because of this book, James 🇮🇪 YNWA 💯🇮🇪
@@jimsweep9291 We sound like kindred spirits. I found this book in prison too, sadly it didn't change my fight against the system. Lol, that came about 30 years down the track. And fk that clown that commented about ya life story. He or she probably doesn't have one so stay solid and true to you. 😉
I'm so happy 4 you bruv!! No 1 😢beats the system 4 long an they're not worth throwing you life an health away 4...took me way too long to get that....glad you're smarter my brother...😉👌🫡🤗
THEY MISSED A TRICK FFS THE FAMOUS (GLASGOW KISS) all that trouble gangs moneylending slashings hacked with hatchets and hammers then to opposite extremes the 1st man in the British Prison Sevice to commit the dirty protest to stop the dirty bastards in charge batteing him daily by covering himself and every surface in his own shit i couldnt ibe be sick downwind lol he might have been a nutcase psycho thats why i was shocked to see him slag own kind as an adult remarried into money so called artist and judge of art went to his nut a bit he had his day and was a bad bastard but like many others a long sentence usually makes them think diff oh ill find god become artist do open university 9 out 10 its way for parole some point other 1 percent only god know how there brain works lol film ahead of its time and other scots films n plays i remember growing up 70s and 80s and youd get great scots plays like a film about shipyards and guys no going and getting wine lol but it was another time wokes would shit themselfs in glasgow from 96down lol
Now, that's what I call a proper film! Love the 70s, perhaps because I was born in that decade, perhaps because it was a decade full of great music, films and art in general.
This is a brilliant film did anyone notice Mr Mckay from Porridge as one of the police officers ? Also he was hidden by the Krays in London when he was on the run... Your faces are noted this WOW!!!!
I remember watching this film when I was 14 I'm now 54 l loved it and I always remember thinking no wonder no one liked to fight the Scots if there all like Jimmy
I'm 79 so I don't remember much of 80s and 1 year of 70s but my da was old school in out jail I wouldn't say he was tuff guy but emotionaless and he had some mad story's now jail Muppets bully Muppets for spice
Absolutely incredible, I can honestly say that in the history of movies depicting the journeys of prisoners, this one had me totally captivated. What an amazing performance by David Hayman.
I read this book when I was a youngster doing a short jail term back in the late 80s. I can't remember when I got to see the film, but it stuck with me for life. Im so glad to see it again thanks for this. Cheers from New Zealand
I used to work in the cumberland arms i worked for jimmy boyles exwife margaret and her husband john mccue they were great to me they looked after me. Jama was nuts he always shouted after me but he was a good boy jimmys girl is a great lass xxxxx
This is the sanitised version. The original dialog was much more gritty and realistic. Hayman is very short too. I'm not convinced he has the stature to be a convincing tough-guy, although film does mostly conceal lack of height. Most famous actors are quite short it seems. Tall people don't look as good on screen apparently - something about the way they move. There are some exceptions but not that many.
There is no doubt about it Jimmy has carved his name into criminal legend.He was the original gangster no prison could handle him.I don’t admire anyone who can cut someone up and feel nothing I understand he was young when he did these things I do respect how Jimmy changed his life when he became older.Life is short enough without languishing in prison a real hero to me is a surgeon who quietly goes about restoring and saving life.
About then I watched it and recorded it on video.then the film was banned,and I lost the video,could have made a few quid out of it back then,it was also on sky 1989
I follow body launage and films like this have gone with thr wind...the fact he refused a cup of tea the way he turned his light on and of and his face when thry passed him a knife is just mind blowing acting
Jimmy Boyle is a LEGEND. I've just been released after 31yrs for murder. The book to this film was my bible thro all my years in jail Me and Jimmy used to correspond when I was in the cages at Wakefield prison
fantastic story saw it many years ago and I really love it keeps you going when times get rough and yes there is a bit of kindness in this screwed up world we live in - don't look for good , it comes to you without you realizing it has come - use and live every day as if it is your last - one you will be correct !
wow just watched this again after so many years brought back so many memories to when i 1st watched it as a youth in the 80s loved it then and still loved it now its one of those films you never forget..pukka...
Brilliant Film, movie, or what ever today's society will call this. MMA back in the day, but this is serious old school. Big shout out to Frankie Miller and Rory Galagher , as well as jimmy the desk Sargeant who takes that spit like it meant something 😮
I was 8 or 9 year old brought up in Govan. .the scene where he is attacked out some the pub was called the black man or the Brechin. .I watched it being filmed n David hayman was talking to us all between takes..it was amazing seeing a ll the fake blood n pretend snow and rubber hatchets for the scene ..brilliant
I grew up in the UK in the sixties and seventies and didn't know who Frankie Miller was until I saw "Just a boy's game" a year ago. When I first heard "Darlin' I knew I had missed something special all my life. It's sad what happened to him.
@@xist4u Imagine if Just A Boys game had the accents dubbed like this version, christ it just wouldn't be the same! I spotted clatty Bella in this film! "Mr McCafferty, Your dinner has been served"
I watched this movie in 83 I was 22 and doing 2year small time but hard time. This movie empowerd me. Every time I watch this it upsets me all I got from this movie was damn them all. I wish I could have got the message.
Very good old british ( scotish) movie...Over the years this vilan ( the actor) will change sides....becoming a tough police inspector ...in Glasgow of course...
I remember watching this when it first shown on tv and it shocked me it is a classic movie and for some reason the actor reminds me of Alex hurricane Higgins but this film was incredibly influential and groundbreaking
My sisters were in the same ballet class as jimmys daughters, I only met him once, he was small and chubby and gave me a paint set, by this time he was full artist lol
When you treat prisoners with respect you get the best response, I must admit through my own experience I found that barllinnie is the best bar none when it comes to rehabilitation.💯🙏💯
That was unexpected. Heavy, like real life heavy. It was definitely worth watching til the end, because, well, you just never know... Thanks for the upload.
What a mega top film this is an absolute classic. Fact this is based on a true story makes it even better. Jimmy Boyle is definitely an interesting character. David Hyman played Jimmy Boyle perfectly.
What a great film. David Hyman was perfectly cast as the tough prisoner who fights his out the brutal prison system that turns men into less than animals.
He was a murderer. He didn't slash Babs Rooney across the chest, he stabbed him along with accomplices. Glorify these animals all you want but it doesn't change anything.
Anyone know where to get the undubbed version? I seen it years ago on the STV Glasgow channel. It's a much better film without the daft mid-Atlantic accents dubbed on top.
I wondered what the hell was going on, I can't watch this for those accents, would have thought it absolutely pitiful they made a film like this, good to know its not how it was made, I need to see the original!
@ian Campbell Glad I read your message was about to buy on ebay, load of copies, but guess they all the edited version. Did find the double dvd version in HMV's ebay site though so I'll get that ripped once it arrives and post a link for all!
I met Jimmy Boyle on a Lifers group in Gartree maximum security prison in the late 1980’s. He looked so smart in his suit and £500 shoes. He did well for himself. We had a disagreement over conjugal visits as he was against them.
Boyle was the man in is days no mucking about with him no mug I meet Jimmy Boyle in Edinburgh I said your Jimmy Boyle and he said sure am kid great guy good luck to Jimmy Boyle from Joe from Edinburgh he did sculptures not far away from my bit years ago
That's my dad talking on the walky talky, just how I last remembered him, over 30 years ago, sadly I have just found out he passed away after years of looking for him, so proud of you dad, love u forever x❤
🙏💚⭐️
Do you think he is up there, soemwhere in the sky reading TH-cam comments?.
hello mate I’m very sorry that you never managed to find your dad after so many years, it’s a difficult thing knowing much about your own father I feel for you I’m very sorry, stay safe take care 🙌
@@thestrengthwithin4249thank you x
Bless ❤
I was brought up in Glasgow, during that period. My old man worked in the Shipyards too and my mother used to head up to the gates, with my brothers and sister in tow, to get the housekeeping from my da, before he headed for the pub and paid the loansharks, just like the film. Hard times. Haven't seen this film for around 40 years.
And people really believe that times are hard today as they say they don't know they're born
@@michaelharrison3602 damn right.
Same the world over ,Rich folk own the ships and us poor folk build them
Was it hard times. In those days we were happy for what we had. Did t want what we couldn't get. Loan sharks turned into loan companies.
These days everyone gets what they want and live in debt for most of it. We played with sticks as guns and girls played with skipping ropes and chalk on a pavement. British bulldogs and kick the can. Now our kids want more and more and no concept of what it's like to have nothing.
I grew up through the skinheads, bover boys, punks and casuals. It's all just the same thing on repeat.
My mother once introduced me to Boyle, my fathers friend was Rod McClean from Edinburgh. Always made me wonder exactly who my parents were in their day.
I do however find it disgusting what they have done to Glasgow, it's lost between these times and all their new buildings. Thatcher killed off Scotland and indeed the rest of the UK
Glasgow is a wonderfull place to grow up in ....but this city can chew u up and spit u bk out...but over all its no that bad ...just watch yer back lol
David Hayman's performance as Mr Boyle is utterly sublime. If I cry a couple times during a movie, it's only dust in my eyes ❤
Wow just after seeing this video about jimmy boyal, A sense of freedom, i was doing 12 mts back in 88 in Ireland and I came across this book in the prison library and it was the first book i ever read in my life and i was always in trouble with the screws i don't know why but after reading jimmy boyals book sense of freedom i just sorted to get an with the screws and ill never forget that book, because i has been in and out of prison for about 12 years and im just after seeing the film and believe me that book is one great read for anyone who has trouble trying to get on against the system, i will never forget that book, , so thank for putting this video on TH-cam bro it brought back memories when I was just 16 years old and fighting against the system, you'll never win , but thanks to jimmy boyal i was able to change because of this book, James 🇮🇪 YNWA 💯🇮🇪
Go easy mate it said comments, not life stories bro jezzzz
We should be doing a TH-cam Patreon on you going off your short comment
@@chaddavies2788Jeeez 😅fkn jez lmno
@@jimsweep9291 We sound like kindred spirits.
I found this book in prison too, sadly it didn't change my fight against the system. Lol, that came about 30 years down the track. And fk that clown that commented about ya life story.
He or she probably doesn't have one so stay solid and true to you. 😉
Who cares?
As a yiung man i would have given a nightmare, a nightmare. I turned my life around thanks to the book. Thanks Jimmy.
I'm so happy 4 you bruv!! No 1 😢beats the system 4 long an they're not worth throwing you life an health away 4...took me way too long to get that....glad you're smarter my brother...😉👌🫡🤗
"We'll see !!"
"You'll see fuck all withoot yer eyes !!" Best line ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🙏❤
BIT HEAVY ?
THEY MISSED A TRICK FFS THE FAMOUS (GLASGOW KISS) all that trouble gangs moneylending slashings hacked with hatchets and hammers then to opposite extremes the 1st man in the British Prison Sevice to commit the dirty protest to stop the dirty bastards in charge batteing him daily by covering himself and every surface in his own shit i couldnt ibe be sick downwind lol he might have been a nutcase psycho thats why i was shocked to see him slag own kind as an adult remarried into money so called artist and judge of art went to his nut a bit he had his day and was a bad bastard but like many others a long sentence usually makes them think diff oh ill find god become artist do open university 9 out 10 its way for parole some point other 1 percent only god know how there brain works lol film ahead of its time and other scots films n plays i remember growing up 70s and 80s and youd get great scots plays like a film about shipyards and guys no going and getting wine lol but it was another time wokes would shit themselfs in glasgow from 96down lol
Indeed it's magic 😂😂😂
Okay Okay fur fuck sake a get the message
Still a great film. IF WE DON'T WEIGH IN HEAVY EVERY BAD BOY IN GLASGOW BE WANTING TO TAKE US OVER . Classic film still 2024. Jim 👍
Now, that's what I call a proper film! Love the 70s, perhaps because I was born in that decade, perhaps because it was a decade full of great music, films and art in general.
yeah i remember watching this a as kid on tv 1981
Correct .I was between 12 and 22 from 1970 to 1980.
The 70's were great
@Simon Archbold yea sorry .I stand corrected.because he went inside in 1967
I was a teenager in the 70s east London, and it all depends on who you are, and where you lived, but it was a better time than now😳
This is a brilliant film did anyone notice Mr Mckay from Porridge as one of the police officers ? Also he was hidden by the Krays in London when he was on the run... Your faces are noted this WOW!!!!
What a movie! Better than any Hollywood crap.
pity about the "kelvinside" accents...
I met Jimmy Boyle in 1984 ,at the gateau exchange in Edinburg,I was a young tear away at the time,and Jimmy was a great fella .
Me too 😅 in 84 i was pinching ford escorts /cortinas/capris 😅
I remember watching this film when I was 14 I'm now 54 l loved it and I always remember thinking no wonder no one liked to fight the Scots if there all like Jimmy
Me too, same age and I remember going into school the next day and everyone thought they were Boyle 😂 great memories 👍
Same here mate . Remember me and ma pals talking about it
Real time, no plastic gangsters, real men and brilliant soundtrack
I'm 79 so I don't remember much of 80s and 1 year of 70s but my da was old school in out jail I wouldn't say he was tuff guy but emotionaless and he had some mad story's now jail Muppets bully Muppets for spice
“Your faces are noted” great line
Oi macathatry yir tea oot .
@@BlytheWorld1972 aye it wizny half he had his knife but nae fork
@@BlytheWorld1972come ahead mcqullian
@@michaelhorne4742 lend us your face to haunt a hoos! lol
Biggest compliment i can give David Hayman is when i think of Jimmy Boyle i see Hayman's face.
Absolutely incredible, I can honestly say that in the history of movies depicting the journeys of prisoners, this one had me totally captivated. What an amazing performance by David Hayman.
I read this book when I was a youngster doing a short jail term back in the late 80s.
I can't remember when I got to see the film, but it stuck with me for life.
Im so glad to see it again thanks for this.
Cheers from New Zealand
Hey do i know you, LP. NZ.
@@laurieparker1414If course you do mate.
There's only one of me. 🤭😂
I used to work in the cumberland arms i worked for jimmy boyles exwife margaret and her husband john mccue they were great to me they looked after me. Jama was nuts he always shouted after me but he was a good boy jimmys girl is a great lass xxxxx
Did you know his nickname .😉
Probably the best Scottish actor we've seen.
Great cast and gritty production.
Top script by Peter McDougall.
Haymen is not even close to being the best Scottish actor he's not even the best of his generation imo.
This is the sanitised version. The original dialog was much more gritty and realistic.
Hayman is very short too. I'm not convinced he has the stature to be a convincing tough-guy, although film does mostly conceal lack of height. Most famous actors are quite short it seems. Tall people don't look as good on screen apparently - something about the way they move. There are some exceptions but not that many.
@@ggghhhbbnjjjbb2330Exactly true,absolutely tiny compared to Jimmy in his younger years ,the actor couldn't fight his way outta a wet paper bag 😅
For me this is up there with all the best gangster films, and the fact that it is a true story makes it that little bit better
Ganster poes.
Absolutely, Boys From The Black Stuff is another.
Gangster number one has to be up there
David Hayman gives a brilliant performance, gripping and violent.
The score music was superb. Frankie Miller and Rory Gallagher and his band couldn’t do it better.
No it wasn't. Just shut your mouth boy.
Pure class for a true story
Watched this when it first came out,we need more of these gritty type dramas/films/real to life docu/dramas.
Things were diff then .mi up till the late 80 s .it was still 3 to a peter shit in a bucket .no TV or phone
See anything by Ken Loach. Raining Stones etc.
Yes. And, some early Jimmy McGovern, ‘Band of Gold’ by Kay Mellor, and ‘Crime’ by Irvine Welsh.
@@christopherjamesjames1682 that's the way it should be a man has to be stripped of his dignity to regain redemption
There is no doubt about it Jimmy has carved his name into criminal legend.He was the original gangster no prison could handle him.I don’t admire anyone who can cut someone up and feel nothing I understand he was young when he did these things I do respect how Jimmy changed his life when he became older.Life is short enough without languishing in prison a real hero to me is a surgeon who quietly goes about restoring and saving life.
I remember this was on tv about 81-82. A kid i knew talked about it day after.Missed it.watching now. Excellent.
Think it was 1980
About then I watched it and recorded it on video.then the film was banned,and I lost the video,could have made a few quid out of it back then,it was also on sky 1989
My 60 year old da has been recommending all these things like "just a boys game" and "elephants graveyard" aswell as this, loving it!
All great stuff. The dark flip side to the more upbeat Scottish dramas like the equally excellent ‘Gregory’s Girl’, ‘Local Hero’ etc…
Check out ‘Silent Scream’ if you like this.
@@neilmclaughlin2347 Aye sounds like a plan, man, cheers!
thanks for the reccomendations, i will watch them tonight they both look good.
@@rupert-j8f just another saturday
I follow body launage and films like this have gone with thr wind...the fact he refused a cup of tea the way he turned his light on and of and his face when thry passed him a knife is just mind blowing acting
I can remember watching this when it first came on TV
Jimmy Boyle is a LEGEND. I've just been released after 31yrs for murder. The book to this film was my bible thro all my years in jail
Me and Jimmy used to correspond when I was in the cages at Wakefield prison
fantastic story saw it many years ago and I really love it keeps you going when times get rough and yes there is a bit of kindness in this screwed up world we live in - don't look for good , it comes to you without you realizing it has come - use and live every day as if it is your last - one you will be correct !
Wise words spoken true I to took the same message as you to dig deeper and respect nothing that you can't drop and leave in a heartbeat.
Ok I will go and get pissed up
Cheers ❤
No I will not live every day, as if it were my last. That would cause me to be crazy reckless and go on a mad bender. Think first, speak after.
Thank you for this !!! Robert, New York City.
When he got the beating of his life.and said im lost mum.that broke my heart
wow just watched this again after so many years brought back so many memories to when i 1st watched it as a youth in the 80s loved it then and still loved it now its one of those films you never forget..pukka...
Brilliant Film, movie, or what ever today's society will call this. MMA back in the day, but this is serious old school. Big shout out to Frankie Miller and Rory Galagher , as well as jimmy the desk Sargeant who takes that spit like it meant something 😮
I'm from Newcastle love Glasgow a true Scottish city all the best 😂😂
Hayman deserves an oscar for his performance. Amazing truly amazing .
Loved this movie back in the day.
He should have one an Oscar for his performance
I was 8 or 9 year old brought up in Govan. .the scene where he is attacked out some the pub was called the black man or the Brechin. .I watched it being filmed n David hayman was talking to us all between takes..it was amazing seeing a ll the fake blood n pretend snow and rubber hatchets for the scene ..brilliant
It's the Brechin, with the sandstone mouse on that side of it
Music for this film by Rory Gallagher and Frankie Miller. The only film that Rory composed the music for.
Ah mind ay him singin darlin on the telly
I grew up in the UK in the sixties and seventies and didn't know who Frankie Miller was until I saw "Just a boy's game" a year ago. When I first heard "Darlin' I knew I had missed something special all my life. It's sad what happened to him.
@@xist4u Imagine if Just A Boys game had the accents dubbed like this version, christ it just wouldn't be the same! I spotted clatty Bella in this film!
"Mr McCafferty, Your dinner has been served"
@@trefwoordpunk2225 come hinder master jake and reieve your garroting at once
@@xist4u what did happen tae him
What an amazing actor David Hayman is, and good to see the late Jake D'Arcy.
Aye Pete the jakey
yes,also good to hear the music score RORY GALLAGHER and Frankie Miller .
lol pete the jakey .Spot on mate well noticed .
I remember jake has hugh crazy carpets in rab c nesbitt
R.i.p Jake A'dcry he was in rab c nesbitt the carpetman & tory m.p for govan
I watched this movie in 83 I was 22 and doing 2year small time but hard time. This movie empowerd me. Every time I watch this it upsets me all I got from this movie was damn them all. I wish I could have got the message.
I believe if I sat opposite Jimmy Boyle, and I asked him do you have any regrets, one word EVERYTHING, would be his reply, life is to short,
When I was a kid this film scared me especially bit where he gets dragged along and grabs shore and his hands get battered
That scene was filmed in govan burleigh st at the back entrance to brechins bar.
A powerhouse performance from David Hayman. Tremendous actor. I remember watching this when it came out original.
... An English Gentleman Indeedy
I remember watching this in 1981, in school. we had a great drama teacher 👍🏾
I watched it in the summer 81, just left school, brill film.
Great film, only know about Jimmy Boyle because of the Exploited punk song about it him off their second album
Go to 3:09 th-cam.com/video/MqdbJEXM7G8/w-d-xo.html
@ian Campbell that and lets start a war are my favourites
@ian Campbell Goodbye Macenzie
Beat The System!!!!
A great find. Thanks for upload
Very good old british ( scotish) movie...Over the years this vilan ( the actor) will change sides....becoming a tough police inspector ...in Glasgow of course...
I first met Jimmy Boyle at Westerhailes education centre some years ago seemed a decent man
That's a brilliant film I've never seen it before and honestly thought it was brilliant
Loved this when it first came out and then came along McVicar 😄👍🏼
It was great to watch again, cheers for uploading
I remember watching this when it first shown on tv and it shocked me it is a classic movie and for some reason the actor reminds me of Alex hurricane Higgins but this film was incredibly influential and groundbreaking
"Patience can persuade a Prince, and a soft speech break bones." Proverbs 25:15 (NLT)
Brutal and brilliant story and real heart of a man ,, stay strong Jimmy
Jimmy hayman. What a fantastic proformance.
David Hayman
Brutal ,. 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥 Hope this won every award under the sun and more,
It. Should. Have. Back. In the. Day. .... x
Watching it again
Last time 10 years ago
Lol
Just a boys game too
Awesome I've saw them all
Classic all them 🙏💯
Top film and not seen for years!!!
R.I.P Larry Winters
1st time watching this. Old school rules & old school justice.
Yes now that's a proper film 🎥 top man for putting it up.
Love the bit where they break through the walls and all wind up in one cell
Remember watching it when I was young, brilliant film 👍
Such a great film portrayed by a guy who is a real scraper. Don't know Jimmy Boyle but look forward to learning more about him. Cheers from Florida
We've had some real high profile gangsters and thugs in the UK over the years.
Jimmy Boyle was one of the worst type of gangster that gives criminals a bad name...a SCUM RAT 💰 LENDER!!!
He was A prick
He was just a person who lived in extreme poverty and was moulded into a psychopath .
Thats it ❤
@@cfcs66 and popping pills by the dozen
One of the best film’s big up Jimmy Boyle going through some shit and coming through it 🙏🏻
Great film, thanks
They were tough times back then not like today. Those days the mere mention of a "name" had people shaking
We've went full circle mate, mention woman or man to a woman or man these days and all hell breaks loose 😂
No wonder i ended up doing 5 sentences born in 1967 born in Hackney a time of prosperity SNM..Jimmy the legend
Try “Just a boys game”from a few years before..set in glasgow too.play for today in 79.
Set in Greenock
I liked Jimmys story. Shows to tame the beast we should be beastless in our approach to othrs and their struggles.
NICE ONE, I HAVN’T SEEN THIS MOVIE FOR 3 DECADES. THAT’ MY NEXT HOUR AND A HALF SORTED👍
I read about Jimmy in the early 80s even the book blew me away...
My sisters were in the same ballet class as jimmys daughters, I only met him once, he was small and chubby and gave me a paint set, by this time he was full artist lol
Good film, thanks!
When you treat prisoners with respect you get the best response, I must admit through my own experience I found that barllinnie is the best bar none when it comes to rehabilitation.💯🙏💯
That was unexpected. Heavy, like real life heavy. It was definitely worth watching til the end, because, well, you just never know... Thanks for the upload.
I read the book years ago but I’ve never seen this film thank you for sharing .
Years since I saw this , thank you Derek .
The English grammar is perfect for a film about Glasgow , has it been dubbed coz I don’t remember it being like this .
The accents here aren't Glasgow. It's been dubbed for the US market.
What a mega top film this is an absolute classic. Fact this is based on a true story makes it even better. Jimmy Boyle is definitely an interesting character. David Hyman played Jimmy Boyle perfectly.
I remember this film...Hard hitting
Thank you very much,👍
Extraordinary.. Stellar..... Great upload... Thank you 👌😁
Thank you
What a great film. David Hyman was perfectly cast as the tough prisoner who fights his out the brutal prison system that turns men into less than animals.
jimmy boyle was a dirty low life a tally-man for loan sharks no hero in glasgow
Jimmy Boyles Hyman was intact when he left Barlinnie, I'd put money on it.
great movie, the book was an insight too.
His next book "the pain of confinement " is worth a read too not sure if they ever made it into a film
Jimmy Boyle legend Gentleman May the Gods Bless and keep you lad
He was a murderer. He didn't slash Babs Rooney across the chest, he stabbed him along with accomplices. Glorify these animals all you want but it doesn't change anything.
Was at Celtic park a couple of weeks ago but I guess times have changed 🍀☘️🤠🥊🥊
Watched it for the 3rd time. Still as good as the 1st time round. Brilliant stuff 👏😎
It's sad what some people go through to find freedom.
Some people go through hardship and pain some people repeat the pain over and over again some people say enough is enough and change the game
Not watched this in years 🏴👌🏽
Thanks for the upload; an almost impossible movie to find nowadays
Anyone know where to get the undubbed version? I seen it years ago on the STV Glasgow channel. It's a much better film without the daft mid-Atlantic accents dubbed on top.
@ian Campbell ian its derek mclean if u have the glasgow original undubbed. Could u email it to me deemac21@gmail.com
I wondered what the hell was going on, I can't watch this for those accents, would have thought it absolutely pitiful they made a film like this, good to know its not how it was made, I need to see the original!
@ian Campbell Glad I read your message was about to buy on ebay, load of copies, but guess they all the edited version. Did find the double dvd version in HMV's ebay site though so I'll get that ripped once it arrives and post a link for all!
Great film 👍thanks for putting this up
I met Jimmy Boyle on a Lifers group in Gartree maximum security prison in the late 1980’s. He looked so smart in his suit and £500 shoes. He did well for himself. We had a disagreement over conjugal visits as he was against them.
He's not right in the head if he's spending 500 on shoes
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@@ianmangham4570 matey I've bought sunglasses that cost more Cartier-sunglasses !£1.500.
Respect my man you served a lump and made it to the other side
@@trz678y more fool you then, £1500 for shades I'd keep that a secret that really got stung.
Amazing film
Boss film this cheers 👏
Boyle was the man in is days no mucking about with him no mug I meet Jimmy Boyle in Edinburgh I said your Jimmy Boyle and he said sure am kid great guy good luck to Jimmy Boyle from Joe from Edinburgh he did sculptures not far away from my bit years ago
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