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Cass is 2561 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 846 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Escape from the Planet of the Apes but less popular than Breaking Surface.
- 108 min
Cass, played by Nonso Anozie, was born with the name Carol, but he eschewed it for something less girly (and something less likely to get him picked on). He was Black and adopted by a white woman named Doll (Linda Bassett). He grew up facing the rigors of racism and bigotry as many Black folks do in the west.
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
As such, I have an aversion to films, like Cass, that try to glamourise it, whether that be presenting it as 'a way of life' or escapism from the reality of Tory Britain in that decade. A shame really because Nonso Anozie gives a really strong central performance as the titular Cass. Jon S. Baird ranked
Cass is a film directed by Jon S. Baird with Nonso Anozie, Natalie Press, Leo Gregory, Gavin Brocker .... Year: 2008. Original title: Cass. Synopsis: The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in ...You can watch Cass through flatrate,Rent,buy,ads,free on the platforms: Amazon Prime Video,fuboTV,Peacock,Amazon Video,Tubi TV,Crackle,Freevee,Shout!
