My Childhood 52 years old

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

Credits

Bernard McKenna as Tommy's Father

Paul Kermack as Jamie's Father

Helena Gloag as Father's Mother

Eileen McCallum as Nurse

Stephen Archibald as Jamie

James Eccles as Man Singing

My Childhood Cast

Name	Character
Bernard McKenna He was 28, now 80 years old	as Tommy's Father
Paul Kermack He was 40, 58 years old when he died	as Jamie's Father
Helena Gloag She was 63, 64 years old when she died	as Father's Mother
Eileen McCallum She was 35, now 87 years old	as Nurse
Stephen Archibald He was 13, 38 years old when he died	as Jamie
James Eccles He was 134, 77 years old when he died	as Man Singing
Karl Fieseler	as Helmuth
Ann Smith She was 146, 63 years old when she died	as Jamie's Mother
Jean Taylor Smith She was 71, 89 years old when she died	as Grandmother
Helen Rae	as Bus Conductress
Hughie Restorick	as Tommy

My Childhood Crew

Name	Department
Bill Douglas as Director. He was 38 (57) years old when He died	Directing
Bill Douglas as Writer. He was 38 (57) years old when He died	Writing
Geoffrey Evans as Producer. He was 32 (72) years old when He died	Production
Mick Campbell as Cinematography. He was 1 (now 50) years old	Crew
Brand Thumim as Editor.	Editing

My Childhood (52 years)

Release day: Monday, June 05, 1972
Runtime: 48 minutes