Scum remains one of the toughest and most disturbing watches of all British movies of the 70s. 

A harsh look at the brutal life inside borstals, it was originally planned for TV, but it got banned and was subsequently remade to be released in cinemas. I still remember the scene where a pre-fame Ray Winstone gathers pool balls in a sock and uses them to crack some guy’s head open.

Random info: between Scum and his renaissance as one of Britain’s best-loved actors, my company used Ray Winstone in an ad for fruit juice. He played a cockney gondolier in Venice (don’t ask). Across numerous takes, not once did he manage to remember his 45 seconds’ worth of lines. (I suspect drugs may have been involved).

This is the Spanish one-sheet poster and can be found for sale here.