Cosh Boy

1953
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1 Std. 15 Min.

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Joan Collins, James Kenney, and Ian Whittaker in Cosh Boy (1953)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.

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6,1/10

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Roy Bentley, at the time Captain of Chelsea Football Club, and an England international, has a small, uncredited role as an instructor.

Patzer
In the draughts game, Walshy's opponent makes two moves before Walshy makes one. The position of the pieces at the end of the scene reflect a different game to the one they appear to have played, especially as they do not seem to have moved any pieces during their conversation other than the first three moves.

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Police Sergeant: How would you describe the men who attacked you?
Queenie: As dirty lot of stinking rotten sons of...
Police Sergeant: Alright, alright. What did they look like?
Queenie: 'Ow the hell should I know? D'you suppose they came up and raised their bloomin' 'ats before they 'it me?
Police Sergeant: [filling in a form] No description...

Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: By itself, the "Cosh" is the cowardly implement of a contemporary evil; in association with "Boy", it marks a post-war tragedy - the juvenile delinquent. "Cosh Boy" portrays starkly the development of a young criminal, an enemy of society at sixteen. Our Judges and Magistrates, and the Police, whose stern duty it is to resolve the problem, agree that its origins lie mainly in the lack of parental control and early discipline. The problem exists - and we cannot escape it by closing our eyes. This film is presented in the hope that it will contribute towards stamping out this social evil.

Verbindungen
Featured in Mike Baldwin & Me (2001)

Soundtracks
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Music by Frank Cordell

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6/10

British juvenile delinquency

This was known in England as "Cosh Boy."

A cosh is a blackjack or bludgeon and cosh means mugging someone.

Nice performance by James Kenney as a juvenile delinquent who runs a gang that beats up little old ladies and steals their money. Kenney played the lead on the London stage and does an excellent job.

He becomes involved with one of the gang members' sister (Joan Collins) with disastrous results.

Both of the Hermoines are in this film. Gingold looked like a drag queen.

Post-war juvenile delinquency was going on everywhere, including Britain.

Amazing to see 20-year-old Joan Collins, who as of this writing is still with us 70 years later. The film is worth it just for that.