The Innocent

Story

Synopsis

A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.

Director

John Mackenzie

Writers

Tom Hart, Ray Jenkins

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

18 March 1985

Ensemble

Cast

• Andrew Hawley

  Timothy 'Tim' Dobson

• 

  Kika Markham

  Mrs. Dobson

• 

  Liam Neeson

  John Carns

• Patrick Daley

  Eddie King

• Paul Askew

  Stanley

• 

  Lorraine Peters

  Win's grandmother

• 

  Tom Bell

  Frank Dobson

• 

  Richard Hope

  Mouth Organ Player

• Jack Carr

  Mill Owner

• 

  Clive Wood

  Turner

• 

  Miranda Richardson

  Mary Turner

• 

  Richard Laxton

  Reg Reid