SOLVED. YA British / Based in real events. Cheating scandal at English prep school. Morality story protagonist trying get entrance/ commission in Navy. Compromised. Title possible "The ____ Boy". 1983(ish). [s]

[Alphonsemacd]

The story is something along the lines of there being cheating and the boy without a father who is there on scholarship somehow has to lie but tells the truth and is then ostracized. I remember being told it was based on a real case from the 1950s? in England. For some reason I associate Osborn with with book. Perhaps the name of one of the characters

[Daisy]

Alphonsemacd, what do you mean by "Compromised Title possible"?

[Alphonsemacd]

Sorry, I had fat thumbs. What I meant was that the titles is possibly "The ?????? Boy".

[Rainbowheart]

Oooof, this sounds so familiar.

I think it might have been made into a movie in the '90s?

[SamSpayedPI]

I immediately thought of the film "Another Country" (which was made into a movie in 1984), but it wasn't based on a book (James Baldwin's Another Country is unrelated to the movie).

The movie was based on a play, which was based on the life of Guy Burgess.

[Kris]

The play The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan?

Wikipedia's plot summary (with Spoilers):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_W...

[Alphonsemacd]

SOLVED!!!!!!!!!! - Thank you. This can be moved to the appropriate channel.


Kris wrote: "The play The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan?

Wikipedia's plot summary (with Spoilers):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_W..."

SamSpayedPI wrote: "I immediately thought of the film "Another Country" (which was made into a movie in 1984), but it wasn't based on a book (James Baldwin's Another Country is unrelated to..."

[Kris]

Great. Glad you found your book, Alphonsemacd.

Fyi, there's a movie "The Winslow Boy" starring Jeremy Northam, etc. and directed by David Mamet (1999).

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Oh I thought this sounded familiar.

[Rainbowheart]

Glad it's solved! I did so many searches last night and just couldn't dredge it up, lol.

The Winslow Boy is exactly what I was thinking of. Pretty sure I saw the movie.