My Way Home
BFI Player Amazon ChannelBFI Player Apple TV Channel
Now Streaming
just watchWatch Now

My Way Home (1978)

01/11/1978 (GB)
Drama
1h 12m

Overview

Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.

  • Bill DouglasDirector, Writer
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • neglect
  • lgbt
  • autobiographical
  • child neglect
  • gay theme

Top Billed Cast

Stephen Archibald

Stephen Archibald

Jamie

Joseph Blatchley

Joseph Blatchley

Robert

Paul Kermack

Paul Kermack

Jamie's father

Jessie Combe

Jessie Combe

Father's wife

William Carroll

William Carroll

Their son, Archie

Morag McNee

Father's girlfriend

Lennox Milne

Grandmother

John Young

John Young

Shop assistant

Gerald James

Gerald James

Mr Bridge

Radir

Egyptian boy

Recommendations

My Ain Folk

My Ain Folk (70%)

Birds, Orphans and Fools

Birds, Orphans and Fools (72%)

The Fall of Otrar

The Fall of Otrar (63%)

Red Desert

Red Desert (74%)

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass (74%)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (71%)

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3: Ad Honorem

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3: Ad Honorem (74%)

Red (56%)

Hello World

Hello World (73%)

Welcome to Dongmakgol

Welcome to Dongmakgol (75%)