Scum (Play for Today 1979) DVD-R

Starring Ray Winstone, David Threlfall, Martin Phillips, Davidson Knight, John Blundell
Directed by Alan Clarke
Print: Color
Runtime: 78 min
Genre: Drama

This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the 'old hands'.