The Winslow Boy is a 1999 period drama film directed by David Mamet and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones.Set in London before World War I, it depicts a family defending the honour of its young son at all cost.

All Characters Ronnie Winslow Arthur Winslow Grace Winslow Catherine Winslow Dickie Winslow Sir Robert Morton Violet Desmond Curry John Watherstone John’s Father/Colonel Watherstone Terms All Terms Petition of Right/“Let Right Be Done” When a student visits her professor to discuss how she failed his course, the discussion takes an awkward turn. The performance starred David Spenser, Frank Cellier, and Molly Rankin. But it’s the only work I’m fitted for, all the same.

GradeSaver, 14 November 2018 Web. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might the Admiralty. Gemma Jones.

Following the theft of a postal-order, a fourteen-year old cadet is expelled from Naval College. -Graham S. The timeline below shows where the character Desmond Curry appears in, Catherine tries to break the awkward atmosphere by asking, ...in bed. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Ronnie is somewhat of a paradox as a protagonist because he is the character whom the entire play revolves around, but is nonetheless one of the less developed characters as well. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember. The Winslow Boy is a technically precise work that follows the principles of the “well-made play”—a tight form that begins with a piece of crucial information withheld from one of the characters (in this case Ronnie’s expulsion, hidden from Arthur).

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? With Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne, Matthew Pidgeon. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition. Ronnie is the eponymous Winslow Boy in the title; a mere fourteen years old, he is thrown into an extremely complex and adult situation when he is charged with stealing a five shilling postal order whilst a cadet at the Royal Naval College. 38 of 41 people found this review helpful. (1999). His father and sister become obsessed with proving his innocence at any cost to themselves, and turn the case into a national cause celebre. She ultimately ends up in a budding relationship with barrister Sir Robert Morton, whom she initially doesn't like and doesn't trust, but ultimately comes to respect, and finds that an attraction blooms between them. It's a wonderful film which keeps the attention from wandering, and I highly recommend it.