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"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.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1953-05-29
A swift-moving, no-punches-pulled expose set in London's tenement district, with a ruthless teenager (James Kenney, reprising his stage role) blackjacking an...
- 75 min
- 57.3K
- The Sprocket Vault
Cosh Boy (released in the United States as The Slasher) is a 1953 British film noir based on an original play by Bruce Walker. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and featured James Kenney and Joan Collins .
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Jan 8, 2020 · Juvenile delinquents wreak havoc in post-war London in the Lewis Gilbert-directed Cosh Boy, the 40th entry to the longstanding BFI Flipside catalogue - avail...
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- 6.2K
- BFI
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Amongst the bomb-sites and dark alleys of postwar London Roy Walsh and his gang of juvenile delinquents waylay and rob old ladies. Without parental control from his war-widowed doting mother, Welsh, already on probation, drifts into more and more devious and serious offences.
