Our Boy (1998)

6.4/10 82 min Crime Drama TV Movie

Overview

A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and death of their only son. Woody, Sonia and their son, Lee, live contentedly in West Ham, London. When Lee is killed in a hit-and-run everyone grieves but Woody’s grief has no limit. His best friend, Phil, counsels revenge, while in the view of the ambitious Detective Constable Spence, Woody himself is the prime suspect. Woody searches for a way to react with extraordinary and touching results. Features award-winning performances by Ray Winstone and Pauline Quirke.

Cast

Ray Winstone

Woody

Pauline Quirke

Sonia

Perry Fenwick

Phil

Philip Jackson

DS Yorke

Neil Dudgeon

DC Spence

Rowena Cooper

Sue

Nicola Duffett

Mrs. Spence

Cliff Parisi

Jeff

Tanya Ronder

Cynthia

Annette Ekblom

Mrs. Drayfield

Jamie Foreman

Orme

Frank Dunne

Pat

Philip Bond

Magistrate

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