Just a Boys' Game

"Just a Boys' Game" is an episode of Play for Today written by Peter McDougall and directed by John Mackenzie. "Just a Boys' Game" aired on 8 November 1979.

It features Frankie Miller, Gregor Fisher, Ken Hutchison, Hector Nicol, Jean Taylor Smith, Katherine Stark, Barry Malone, Michael Malone and band The Cuban Heels.

The plot revolves around the life of Jake McQuillan, who lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who used to be Greenock's hardest man.

The play was filmed in and around Greenock, Drumchapel and Port Glasgow.

Frankie Miller's song "Rules of the Game" is featured over the closing credits.

Cast

 * Jake McQuillen	- Frankie Miller
 * Dancer Dunnichy - Ken Hutchison
 * Grannie - Jean Taylor Smith
 * Granda	- Hector Nicol
 * Tanza	- Gregor Fisher
 * Jane - Katherine Stark
 * Bella - Jan Wilson
 * Mental Dan	- Jim Byars
 * At the pub - Irene Sunters, Martin Cochrane

Critical reception
Screenonline wrote "stunningly photographed by Elmer Cossey and featured McDougall's most crackling dialogue and richest characterisations, all brilliantly evoked by a cast headed by blues singer Frankie Miller in a performance that melts the camera in its intensity."