Just a Boys' Game
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Just a Boys' Game is a 1979 Play for Today
written by Peter McDougall
and directed by John Mackenzie.
It features Frankie Miller
, Gregor Fisher
, Ken Hutchison
and Hector Nicol
.
The plot revolves around the life of Jake McQuillan who lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who used to be Greenock
's hardest man.
The play was filmed in and around Greenock and Port Glasgow.
Play for Today
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
written by Peter McDougall
Peter McDougall
Peter McDougall is a BAFTA and Prix Italia award winning television playwright whose major success was in the 1970s....
and directed by John Mackenzie.
It features Frankie Miller
Frankie Miller
Frankie Miller is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter, who had his biggest success in the 1970s. Miller was raised at Colvend Street, Glasgow with his parents, Cathy and Frank, and elder sisters Letty and Anne. Miller attended Sacred Heart Primary school. He was an altar boy in Sacred Heart Chapel...
, Gregor Fisher
Gregor Fisher
Gregor Fisher is a Scottish comedian and actor.-Early life:Fisher was born in Glasgow and following the death of his parents was brought up in Edinburgh, Langholm and Neilston and attended Barrhead High School...
, Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison is a Scottish actor. He may be best-known for his role in the controversial Sam Peckinpah film Straw Dogs. In 1980, he appeared as Brickett in National Pelmet, the Series 2 opener of critically acclaimed drama Minder . He appeared as the lead villain's henchmen in the eighties...
and Hector Nicol
Hector Nicol
Hector Nicol was a Scottish comedian, singer and actor, who was born in Paisley, Scotland.-Acting career:Nicol starred in few shows during his career. His most notable role was that of a dying gangster in the BBC Television series, Just a Boys' Game and also in A Sense of Freedom...
.
The plot revolves around the life of Jake McQuillan who lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who used to be Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
's hardest man.
The play was filmed in and around Greenock and Port Glasgow.