The Winslow Boy - Jonathan Scott-Taylor - Eric Porter - Terence Rattigan - 1977
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- Terence Rattigan's play THE WINSLOW BOY - broadcast on UK TV in 1977.
Starring Eric Porter, Diana Fairfax, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Michele Dotrice and David Robb
They don't write 'em like this anymore. Bravo, Ratigan!
I LOVE these British period pieces!
A brilliant play. We studied it at School. Still highly relevant today.
Oh how I love the Brits and their eloquent wording. Excellent play. Enjoyed thoroughly ❤
Liverpool haha
Eric Porter was superb in portraying the father's physical decline from at first the sore leg, then the painful limp and finally the 'infernal' chariot of a wheelchair. He held the play and this film together as the central character, which is surprising given that his son gives his name to the title. The maid Violet and the suffragette daughter were also outstanding.
I read this story in a high school English class and immediately loved it! What a pleasure to see it as a film and after almost 50 years after I had first read it. Thank you so much for this wonderful film based on a great story.
NOT BEING BRITISH, I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PLAY BEFORE OR KNOW THE ACTORS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPLOAD IT IS EXCELLENT AND SUPERB ACTING
Surely you know David Robb, who plays the young fiancee here, but is better known as Dr. Clarkson on Downton Abbey?
Thankyou for this. It is getting more and more difficult to find something worth watching anywhere and this was brilliant.
Thanks so much. I love this play, but have never seen this version before - what a treat!
My english class had to read this for english lit exams and we performed the play for end of year drama class, I played the housemaid in the home and had one of the longest pieces to say in one go, took me nearly as long to learn that one piece as it did the rest of the play, it was my favourite year in school and have so many fond memories of it.
As an American and a Texan, I truly love the stalwart good people of the UK. I especially appreciate the fascinating differences in their English language and ours--chips, French fries, trunk, boot, hood, bonnet, cane, stick...Their courage, bravery, sacrifice, and fortitude exhibited during World War II have inspired me all my life (I'm 77). Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II are my heroes.Now, God save the King and may his ingrate quisling son live to regret his despicable treachery.
Much love from the UK. You made me laugh with your last bit. I am not sure the UK is what it was. Our government is hell bent on us being multicultural. It's very sad. God save the king... My hero is also Winny. Had he not stood fast who knows where we would be. We love the USA. God bless America
How do those boots taste? 🙄
Thank you very much. 🇬🇧
I've always loved classic British movies, plays, mini-series. And love Eric Porter. Really spot.on
Eric Porter & Michele Dotrice's father Roy Dotrice were in the 1965 film "The Heroes of Telemark". Eric Porter & Alan Badel were in the 1973 film "The Day of the Jackal".
What a really good drama. About justice, the family, the father, the boy the Admiralty all answering to the accusations of an innocent boy. Great acting and riveting all the way through. Always a thrill to see Eric Porter.
The insidious cancer of the Woke folk would hate everything you and I love about this story. I never thought I would experience evil right out in the open, but there you have it..
@@rickblessing2447 Maybe, don't forget the story is set in the 1910's and the way things were then are very different from today. I'm old fashion and can only speak for myself. I work with some people who think they are PC but they are so difficult to get along with. Good comment you make though.
what amazing acting job the actors did...very good!
Fabulous ! I had just listened to the Audio of this story and found the wonderful film ...Thankyou !!
@Damien Slattery
Magnificent story and outstanding acting.
Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece.
Excellent quality is timeless.
Thank you for uploading this production
Jonathan Scott-Taylor was a handsome young man & a good actor!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Jonathan Scott=Taylor, He was Damien Thorn in “ Damien Omen Ⅱ”
@@プーちゃんのママポンちゃん Yeah I know first movie I saw him in!
@@krjna5356 same
@Caitlyn Carvalho Sorry don't know what mercury fillings are?
@Caitlyn Carvalho ugh. Those were just either black or silver fillings. He may have gotten cavities. Why the hell are you talking about this non stop? 🙄
Excellent movie. Thank you!
Thanks very much! Great movie!!
Thank you so much for this upload 🙏❤️🙏
Excellent. Thank you.
A great play. Beautifully performed. Loved every minute of it. "Oh! to be in England." Thankyou.
Awww,another wee hidden gem,thank you for posting!
Thank you very kindly for sharing this movie. I have been waiting a long time and inquiring about how I may view this movie. I enjoyed it very, very much. Michele Dotrice Alan Badel we’re quite wonderful.
Excellent Film.!.
Thankyou x
Good old english movie. thanks, I like it.
BRILLIANT!!!!
That was magnificent
Glorious! Thank you
We watched this in primary school on the big TV on wheels. We had to do a shot everytime someone said "son" and were sozzled by lunchtime
Awesome movie of "The Winslow boy"
Great 👌 movie 🎥🍿🎥
These English movies have beautiful English. Very addictive.
For me this excellent production was completed by the final scene in which Kate Winslow, [Michel Dotrice ] and Sir Robert [Alan Badel] revealed the tension between two proud and stoic characters brought the power of the play to a moving finale. Badel has never really enjoyed the reputation he deserved and Michel Dotrice displayed her power as an actress to a supreme degree and she was beautifully controlled and her costume perfect. I think the power of theatre lies in the recollection of great acting after the event. Badel has always impressed me as Mr. Darcy in P & P and in the Count of Monte Cristo, but those of who remember Michel Dotrice with Michael Crawford had to learn in this performance just what a great actress she is. This production demonstrates what a great institution the BBC was in the seventies and eighties before the malignant Thatcherites started to snipe at it for telling the truth .'let right be done' Other features of this superb production are the scenes towards the end between the Father [Eric Porter]and Kate [Michele Dotrice] are very moving
omg who most reminds this cute boy of Jonathan Scott Taylor ♥️😳😊
Jonathan Scott-Taylor was a brilliant young actor who went on to play Damien in Omen 2. However, he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. I have tried to find out what became of him and what he is doing now, but there is no information on him at all. Even his Wiki page tells us very little. There is no date of birth for him and there are no names of his parents. Very mysterious indeed.
The real "Winslow Boy" - died 5 years later at the battle of Ypres.....
Mr. Winslow is a bit stuffy, but he's a fine man. I like how he asked the maid to join in their a toast. As for this production: BRAVO!
I know this as an excellent old black-and-white job. This is good too and it's strange that there's no soundtrack, no music. I think I could have some fun with that.
It's different from the earlier film, the plots been cut about. Not having read the book.............but it's a good film.
The stuff about the soundtrack - it's unusual. For some reason I remember a 60s film called "Here we go round the mulberry bush" which had a soundtrack split between the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic - with the result that I remember this footage of a piece of green suburban hedgerow with this god-awful noise of sitars and "things" coming out of it - for no reason whatever.
Excellent
I was unaware there are at least two film versions of this story. I think the other movie is excellent so I look forward to a comparison. Later that same day....I urge anyone who enjoyed this version to seek out the remake that has Gemma Jones as the mother. Remakes do tend to be garbage but this one is quite stellar. Both of the boys cast in the role of the young lad do very well. Over all, I prefer the later version. The 1977 cast is a bit dull except for some random moments when I was riveted by thier performance, for example, Sir Robert's interview with the boy was outstanding.
The film version of it in the 1940s was good as well. The play is very good, it's almost impossible to get a bad production of it.
Some people in some parties to fight for individual freedom. We need stalwart oeople to fight for individual freedom before its taken from us forever❤
The things that can happen to a boy at school.
The Winslow Boy (TV Episode 1977) / 7.9
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Right must be done and seen to be done...
I say, well done to all concerned including the great playwright, Mr Rattigan
Does the ending imply a budding romance? I hope so....they seem suited to each other.
We read this in high school English class over 60 years ago, and I have seen both films and another version with Emma Thompson in the lead, but I've never known what Rattigan wanted us to believe about that ending, because by casting young and handsome Donat and Northam in the films the director introduced the romantic element, with the characters exchanging the "How little you know of women/men." lines to imply they would fall in love.. If this is the most faithful to the play production Rattigan probably didn't mean that. So much depends on the adherence to the original, very rare in movies designed to appeal to broad audience, in every Jane Austen production for example, where the plots are often tweaked in ways that usually seem better than Austen's own. (The thing that worries me about this version is that no mention is made that the lawyer knew that the boy was covering up the truth, that he was smoking during the time interval in question, which added a nice touch to the story in at least one version I saw.).
It's Damien!!!!
This looks like they filmed a play and put it on tv.
And proved it can be done successfully.
Der Winselboy, von Rattenfäng
Sorry but prefer Robert Donat’s version. Way superior !
have you seen David Memet (1999) version? far better in my opinion
A Masterpiece
But see my comment above, not so faithful to the play I'm afraid.
Nowadays he'd be extradited and given 175 years of waterboarding by the CIA
I've never seen this and Jonathan Scott-Taylor didnt act alot from what I know. Too bad,cause he was a competant actor.
Thank you for commenting. I would think him far better than competent, I would deem him extremely good.
COME, WHO WANTS TO WATCH A PLAY, AS A MOVIE.
NOW, I KNOW 🤔 WHY, THEY'RE IN THE SAME PLACE ALL THE TIME 🤐.
IT'S 😴😴😴😳🥶
THEY HAVEN'T DONE THE AGE COUNT VERY WELL.
THE PARENTS LOOK LIKE G/PARENTS.
THE DAUGHTER THE MOTHER THE BOY..
THINK I'M OUT.
AS THAT, PERSON TOLD US THE WHOLE STORY 😂😅😨 ANYWAY.
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO APPEAR SUPERIOR TO OTHER'S, JUST CAN'T HELP THEIR DAM SELVES.
TA TA 🙄😱
Queguapo
Boring! Feel asleep.
Wonderful, wonderful. The sheer joy of hearing great English and perfect diction from great actors in a riveting story is luxury indeed.
An excellent showing. Thank you.
I was quite humbled by the part where Sir Robert says "I don't care for his English", and I had to go researching to find out what was wrong with the English in the letter. It's not often we hear a language, any language, well spoken these days.
Yes, a nice change from having to listen to foreigners who can barely speak english or not at all.
. And ive thought it was me all alone...not understanding their mumbled speeches. This is excellent.
A cultural treasure that captivates a period of time that has been lost forever. Thank you for sharing this. ❤
Thank you so much for uploading this. It's no surprise that Eric Porter is superb but Jonathan Scott-Taylor's performance must surely be one of the best ever given by a young actor. I honestly don't think I've ever seen anyone better and that era-encapsulating photo of him at the end still reduces me to tears. The sets, costumes, and closing music are outstanding even by the standards of that golden age of television. Modern playwrights would do well to learn from Rattigan - a master of his craft with a humanity which never dates.
Strange that he never went on to appear as an adult. He must have grown into a handsome man, and he was a good actor.
Such a wonderful play. Thank you for uploading it.
I'm an Englishman living in The Philippines and I have been missing Englishness, for want of a better phrase.
Rattigan wrote with such sensitivity and depth about relationships. Beautifully subtle. The acting was superb.
Well, there isn't much Englishness left in England, so being in the Philippines is neither here nor there...
Superbly written play and beautifully delivered production. It is easy to forget that Rattigan is evoking the mores and manners of an already lost age. Edwardian England was a very different place from that of the 1940s. The play made a deep impression on me as a 13 year old schoolboy back in about 1966. I don't remember if it was a school production or a professional production back then. Edwardian England has always fascinated me. It is tragic to remember that the boy in the historical events which began in 1908, was killed as a 19 year in 1914 during he battle of Ypres.
Mr. McFarlane, thank you so much for your comment. I did not know that the Real Winslow Boy died in the battle of Ypres at 19. My heart sunk when I read your comment. I knew that this was based on a true story and what great sacrifices yhe family made to right a tremendous wrong.
I'm 56 and was born in 1967 and can remember being very young when I first saw this film with my father. It has stuck with me all these years and I remember my dear father saying to me, when I questioned him as to why the family made all of those sacrifices when their son had moved to another school and was doing well, and he said to me that it was not only the duty of the father and family to support each other during times of crisis but it is the deepest act of love the demands whatever sacrifices are to be made to right a wrong.
Having my father's words burned in my heart all of those years I was able to make this form of sacrifice when I donated my kidney for my brother so her could receive a kidney. My brother had Polycystic Kidney Disease, known as PKD, and thankfully it skipped me as it typically doesn't skip a generation as it is genetic. Even though my brother and I were not a match we were able to be a part pf a kidney paired donation program.
My blood type being AB Negative, which is the rarest of blood types, that actually pulled in a 3rd pair for our swaps to work.
My kidney was flown to Mass General in Boston and my brother's new kidney was flown from Tufts Medical Center in Boston and the other pair swapped between Mass General and Tufts Medical Center all on the same day.
It was the most joyful time of my life. By the grace of God my mother and father were both alive to see my brother and I take this most important and life saving journey.
I watched The Winslow Boy again and again, all versions while I was recovering, again watching it with my father. I can't begin to express the deep meaning that time was for us.
I lost both my parents this past March. They dies within hours of each other and I am still grieving so this movie holds such great meaning for me.
Again, thank you for sharing your comment ❤
1946 stage-play by the English playwright Terence Rattigan. Set in 1912, the play follows the efforts of the Winslow family to clear the name of fourteen-year-old Ronnie Winslow, expelled from naval college for allegedly stealing a five-shilling postal order. Forced to hire the country’s leading barrister, the Winslows sacrifice their upper-middle-class financial security for the sake of the family honor. The Winslow Boy is based on the real-life expulsion of George Archer-Shee from the Royal Naval College at Osborne in 1908, and the sensational legal proceedings that followed.
Thank you for the professional description/review, can’t think of the appropriate word! ❤
@@mariameere5807Spoiler? LOL
@@winifredherman4214 lol
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SPOILER ALERT, YOU RUINED IT.
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Thank you for letting us know that it was a real case. Most interesting indeed ;)
Very smart production. A shame it would never run in public today. Yet, it has found a place here for those that can appreciate it.
It just might become a hit today as many are looking back for values that have been lost.
I cannot see why not. Period dramas are often popular. Think Titanic, Kings speech etc
I loved it also
There is a 1999 film, so that's not too old.
THE WINSLOW BOY WAS DAMIEN OMEN 😮
Thank you very much for posting this play. Oh, such excellent acting, this made the whole execution so enjoyable. Good presentation. :)
Thank You ❤️
A wonderful, wonderful story with a happy and just outcome. I do know the story, but I think it was from an earlier movie... Thank you for the upload.
Just found it on Wikipedia. What is not mentioned here is that this is based on a true story about George Archer-Shee (6 May 1895 - 31 October 1914) who was a Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five-shilling postal order was decided in the High Court of Justice in 1910. Archer-Shee was successfully defended by barrister and politician Sir Edward Carson. The trial, which became a British cause célèbre, was the inspiration for the 1946 Terence Rattigan play The Winslow Boy, which has been the basis of two films. Following his acquittal, the boy's family was paid compensation in July 1911. Archer-Shee was commissioned in the British Army in 1913, and killed aged 19, at the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914. Sad he was killed at such an early age.
In the first few seconds one can tell it's a "proper" film.
Thank you for uploading.😊
Hmmm, later it's shot on a different equipment, isn't it? It has a feeling of a play, not a film.
The actress who plays this boy's sister does overacts in this performance, doesn't she?
But it's still very watchable. 😊
@@E-Kat Michelle Dotrice. Kept expecting someone to come in and say, "Ooh, Betty!" Still pretty good though.
@@martinmitchell3396 oh, thank you; I'll look her up! 😊
I was thrilled when I discovered that this production was uploaded in its entirety. There is not a weak link in the cast and it has been expertly directed by David Giles. I have always admired the work of both Alan Badel and Eric Porter and remember Michele Dotrice visiting Australia some decades ago.
very well acted
Are you Australian and interested in this? If so, excellent. Enjoy.
Alan Badel was a good actor. He was a paratrooper during world war 2. He played the count of monte cristo for the BBC in 1965 and a French minister in Day of the Jackal in 1973. Unfortunately he was only 58 when he passed away from a heart attack on 19th March 1982.
@@pix046 there was an Australian version of this made in 1997 called The Castle
@@pix046I am from the Netherlands and love this❤
Best production ever -
All fine & convincing actors -
Michele Dotrice was stunning & riveting in her performance-
theatre runs in her family & blood - Oh! Betty!
This was exceptionally well acted and scrpited..
I knew the boy looked familiar, but I didn't know from what or where. I'm so glad he left it all behind. Thank you for sharing 💝
I think the young boy was "Damon" in The Omen.
DAMIEN YOU MEAN .@@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
@@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252yeah he played Damien in the 2nd Omen film.
I have a picture of my grandfather and his 9 siblings, and parents taken in 1910, most of his sisters have a very similar hair style as Mrs, and Miss Winslow. Great acting, and play, thanks for the upload
And the hair style was really perfectly done by the staff, don `t you think so? I ḿ German and I want to mention that in Old Berlin the Ladies were putting some bread into their hair to get that "Big look?!
Ladies look so elegant🌹
Outstanding acting, particularly by Michele Dotrice. A delight to hear correct English and not the mumbling so many are guilty of, today.
Is that Damien from the Omen
Yes he is !
this movie was based in a true story...nicely done.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Engrossing story told entirely through dialogue. That is acting. Thank you for posting.
I think I like the 1948 version better. I thought it rather rude of Catherine to take Violet's virtually full glass of Madeira away and tell her she can go when she let the cat out of the bag about Ronnie's early return 19:37, this did not happen in the 1948 version (or indeed the 1999 version).
This is a film of the play so perhaps is the original/intended version.
One of the best movies ever.
I love these old English films full of swagger and flair. Standing by their family values and integrity with valor, this family have my respect and admiration.
What a delight. Great production. Thank you.
❤Jonathan Scott-Taylor❤
Had a major crush on him when I saw Damien: Omen 2.
@@jennygreenwood1756 same!
At first the movie was interesting , but it became annoying in that almost every scene, the Winslow daughter is puffing away on her cigarette. It was distracting.
I know it was to establish the feminist attitude that she can chain smoke just as well as any man. But it was over done. The ending was a dud
Thanks, first time I Watch this film, it never was on cinemas or tv on my country, Peru
Absolutely loved this masterpiece. Brilliant cast.
Superb version of a great play!
This is a wonderful production of one of my very favorite stories! But I did so love the 1999 production starring Jeremy Northam the best!🤫Plus, I keep waiting for his parents to call him “Damien”! Lol! Good acting all-round.🕊💜🙏🌹🙋♀️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Brilliant play, and good, solid film. Thank you for the upload.
My mum took me to see this at the theatre in 1980. Bernard Hepton played Morton, Philip Latham was Winslow senior and I think Angela Richards played the sister. Thanks Mum.❤️
The play was based on the George Archer-Shee case of 1910. The real Winslow boy, Archer-Shee later died in October 1914 at the battle of Ypres, aged 19. The real Sir Robert Morton, Sir Edward Carson, had been the lead prosecutor in the case against Oscar Wilde, 15 years before the Archer-Shee case.
Thank you for providing this historic information, the "rest of the story."
By chance I came across this tonight. It left me smiling.
I remember a radio adaptation of the play back in about 1960, which highlighted what the films DO NOT portray. ..namely, that the Winslow family were Catholic and even in the England of 1912, there was till much anti Catholicism. The family paid the price of that. Gordon Carter. Adelaide. South Australia.
Yes, it also explains why young Winslow was scapegoated at school in the first place.
Ah! I DO love The Brits!! (Greetings from Sweden!)
If you like this TV production, you should check out the two feature films of this play: 1948 production starring Robert Donat and Cedric Hardwicke and the 1999 film directed by David Mamet and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones.I like both equally well as they are well acted. While this TV production is good, the two feature films are far superior. Those who have seen the two movies know the ending conversation between Sir Robert Morton and Kate. This ending here is quite lame in comparison.
Thank you, think this is a lovely version.
I read The Winslow Boy when I was a teenager. It is one of my favourite plays. Never thought I'll be able to see it performed one day. Can't wait to watch! Thanks so much for sharing 😊
Haven't seen anything better in many years. The plot, acting and the beautiful past. Thank you.
So I'm guessing that is how the play ends ... the two movie versions I've seen have a little addition that suggests the possibility of romance between Kate & Sir Robert.
Help me out, who stole the 5 shillings?
Whoever it was, it wasn't the Winslow boy. Also the thief got away with it too.