Directed by:
Dexter FletcherCinematography:
George RichmondComposer:
Christian HensonCast:
Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White, Leo Gregory, Neil Maskell, Iwan Rheon, Marc Warren, Jaime Winstone, Jason Flemyng, Andy Serkis, Olivia Williams (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on. Although Dean the older boy has found a job and is doing his best to be a father to his younger brother Jimmy, the arrival of Bill has brought them to the attention of social services. With the danger of being put into care looming, Dean forces his feckless Dad to stay by threatening to grass him up for dealing. If there’s one thing Bill doesn’t want it’s to go back to prison. He reluctantly agrees to stay for a week to help fool social services that the boys are being cared for. Having never really grown up himself Bill quickly connects with Jimmy and through his new bond starts to realise what he’s been missing. He has a family, a place in the world. He is a father. However, their happy family set up is short lived when Jimmy gets into trouble with Bill’s dangerous old cohorts. To sort it out will breach the terms of Bill’s license and risk sending him back to jail. Bill must now prove to his boys what sort of a Dad he wants to be, a good one, or a free one. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Charlie Creed-Miles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/313/160313371_8377fd.jpg)
Charlie Creed-Miles
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Will Poulter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/723/163723554_55eba3.jpg)
Will Poulter
UK
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
The Revenant (2015)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
![Liz White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/140/161140938_feafa8.jpg)
Liz White
UK
Best movies:
Pride (2014)
Vera Drake (2004)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Leo Gregory](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275204_fc9eab.jpg)
Leo Gregory
UK
Best movies:
Hooligans (2005)
Aberdeen (2000)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Neil Maskell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456054_967583.jpg)
Neil Maskell
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
![Iwan Rheon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313142_28dcae.jpg)
Iwan Rheon
UK
![Marc Warren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273069_8ccb9a.jpg)
Marc Warren
UK
Best movies:
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Shine (1996)
Hogfather (2006) (TV movie)
![Jaime Winstone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932522_da1c52.jpg)
Jaime Winstone
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Love, Rosie (2014)
![Jason Flemyng](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099094_2480f5.jpg)
Jason Flemyng
UK
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
![Andy Serkis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/141/166141478_972f72.jpg)
Andy Serkis
UK
Best movies:
![Olivia Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/113/164113355_eb674c.jpg)
Olivia Williams
UK
Best movies:
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Father (2020)
Now Is Good (2012)
![Charlotte Spencer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025487_265a66.jpg)
Charlotte Spencer
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2012)
Wild Bill (2011)
The Duke (2020)
![Morgan Watkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/301/163301929_b664c8.jpg)
Morgan Watkins
Best movies:
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Now Is Good (2012)
Lee Whitlock
Best movies:
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV movie)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Ill Manors (2012)
Graham Fletcher-Cook
UK
Best movies:
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Rocketman (2019)
![Mark Monero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/595/160595734_3a837d.jpg)
Mark Monero
UK
Best movies:
Somers Town (2008)
Babylon (1980)
Wild Bill (2011)
Dickon Tolson
UK
Best movies:
New Year's Day (2000)
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)