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55% Critic Match
Cosh Boy
“WILD... WAYWARD... HELL-BENT!”
5.5 / 10• 1953• 1h 15m•NR• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
Cast & Crew
James Kenney
Roy Walsh
Lead
Joan Collins
Rene Collins
Betty Ann Davies
Elsie Walsh
Robert Ayres
Bob Stevens
Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Collins
Hermione Gingold
Queenie
NR
Nancy Roberts
Gran Walsh
Laurence Naismith
Inspector Donaldson
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis Gilbert's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cosh Boy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
