Released:
1976-12-31

Overview:
The God Boy is a portrait of a troubled teen Jimmy (Jamie Higgins) growing up in post-war small town New Zealand and wrestling with a repressive education and home front turmoil. Adapted from the Ian Cross novel by Ian Mune and directed by Murray Reece, the landmark film was the first NZ telefeature, gaining Feltex awards and front page reviews. With menace and Catholic guilt ever-present, it’s credited as a pioneer of what Sam Neill dubbed NZ’s “cinema of unease”. (NZ On Screen)

Director:
Murray Reece

Runtime:
1h 28min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Ivan Beavis
  as
  Bloody Jack
• 
  Maria Craig
  as
  Mrs Sullivan
• 
  Judie Douglass
  as
  Sister Angela
• 
  Jamie Higgins
  as
  Jimmy Sullivan
• 
  Bernard Kearns
  as
  Father Gilligan