Scab
Scab
1987, English. Directed by Gordon Flemyng.
Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon Flemyng for Yorkshire Television and won the Rai award at the Prix Italia and the Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival in 1987.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1987
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Geoffrey Case
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Scab runs 75 minutes (1h 15m).
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Scab isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1987. (Checked 31 October 2026.)
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Who directed Scab?
Scab (1987) was directed by Gordon Flemyng and stars Brian Southwood, Eddie Caswell, Malcolm Raeburn.