The Custard Boys
Movie| Title | The Custard Boys |
| User score | 8 |
| Release date | Nov 24, 1979 |
| Genre | Drama, Family |
| Director | Colin Finbow |
| Production country | United Kingdom |
| Production companies | Children's Film Unit |
| Run time | 82 min. |
An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?
