The Scouting Book for Boys

2009 British film

The Scouting Book for Boys

Directed by| Tom Harper
Written by| Jack Thorne
Produced by| Ivana Mackinnon
Starring|

* Thomas Turgoose
* Holliday Grainger
* Rafe Spall
* Susan Lynch
* Tony Maudsley
* Steven Mackintosh

Cinematography| Robbie Ryan
Edited by| Mark Eckersley
Music by| Jack C. Arnold

Production
companies

* Pathé
* Film4 Productions
* Celador Films
* Screen East

Distributed by| Warner Bros.

Release dates

* 21 September 2009 (2009-09-21) (San Sebastián)
* 19 March 2010 (2010-03-19) (United Kingdom)

Running time

| 93 minutes[1]
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Budget| £1 million

The Scouting Book for Boys is a 2009 British drama thriller film directed by Tom Harper in his directorial debut, produced by Ivana MacKinnon and written by Jack Thorne. It stars Thomas Turgoose, Holliday Grainger, Rafe Spall, Susan Lynch, Tony Maudsley and Steven Mackintosh.

The film premiered internationally at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and domestically at the BFI London Film Festival.

## Plot

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Fourteen-year-old David (Thomas Turgoose) is spending the summer hanging out with Emily (Holly Grainger), the only other teenager in his trailer park. When her mum, Sharon (Susan Lynch), loses custody, Emily refuses to live with her father and convinces David to help her hide in a cave. While he brings Emily supplies and keeps her secret, the police investigate her disappearance – and soon uncover Emily's relationship with her mother's boyfriend, Steve (Rafe Spall), igniting David's jealousy.

## Cast

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* Thomas Turgoose as David
* Holliday Grainger as Emily
* Rafe Spall as Steve
* Susan Lynch as Sharon
* Tony Maudsley as Jim
* Steven Mackintosh as DI Kertzer
* Ann Eisley as Lucy
* Ewan Macintosh as Charlie
* Ruth Wellman as Mrs. Fry
* Lorraine Bruce as Betty
* Candice Manning as Candice

## Reception

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The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 55% of 22 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "The Scouting Book for Boys (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
2. ^ "The Scouting Book for Boys". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

## External links

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* United Kingdom portal
* Film portal

* The Scouting Book for Boys at IMDb
* Wilding, Philip. "The Scouting Book For Boys." Empire.

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Films directed by Tom Harper

* The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
* The Borrowers (2011)
* War Book (2014)
* The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)
* Wild Rose (2018)
* The Aeronauts (2019)
* Heart of Stone (2023)
* The Immortal Man (TBA)

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Jack Thorne

TV series created|

* Cast Offs (2009)
* The Fades (2011)
* Glue (2014)
* The Last Panthers (2015)
* National Treasure (2016)
* Kiri (2018)
* The Virtues (2019)
* The Accident (2019)
* His Dark Materials (2019–2022)
* The Eddy (2020)
* Best Interests (2023)
* Toxic Town (2025)
* Adolescence (2025)
* Lord of the Flies (2025)
* The Hack (2025)

Films written|

* The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
* A Long Way Down (2014)
* War Book (2014)
* Wonder (2017)
* The Aeronauts (2019)
* Radioactive (2019)
* Dirt Music (2019)
* The Secret Garden (2020)
* Enola Holmes (2020)
* Help (2021)
* Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)
* The Swimmers (2022)
* Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
* An Almost Christmas Story (2024)
* Joy (2024)
* Tron: Ares (2025)

Plays written|

* Sixty-Six Books (Oliver Lewis, 2011)
* Greenland (2011)
* Let The Right One In (2013)
* Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016)
* A Christmas Carol (2017)
* King Kong (2018, Broadway version)
* After Life (2021)
* The Motive and the Cue (2023)
* When Winston Went to War with the Wireless (2023)
* Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2023)

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