A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. [This is the original version scheduled for broadcast on 'Play for Today' on 8-Nov-1977 but withdrawn by the BBC because it was deemed too controversial. Director Alan Clarke edited the film and released it in cinemas in 1979 (See 'Scum (1979)'). The BBC would eventually broadcast the original on 27-Jul-1991.]
While living rough on the streets of London's East End, a young man named Dink encounters the mysterious Dee and they begin a relationship. When tenderness gives way to cruelty, they become consumed by darkness.
Un grupo de mujeres inglesas, hechas prisioneras por los japoneses durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), tiene que ser trasladado de un campo de concentración a causa del elevado número de prisioneros. Custodiado por soldados japoneses, el grupo se pone en marcha a través de selvas pantanosas. Las enfermedades y el cansancio harán estragos tanto en las prisioneras como en los soldados nipones. En una aldea, de manera inesperada, encuentran a un aviador australiano que es un luchador nato.
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
