- HD 1080
- Runtime: 98m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Alan Clarke
- Stars: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell, Phil Daniels
- keywords: prison, suicide, rape, corruption, england, controversy, riot, revenge, racism, inmate, regime, offender, banned
- Production_studio: Berwick Street Productions, Boyd's Company, Kendon Films Ltd.
- Slogan: In Borstal, survival rules!
- The Scum is featured in the top rankings of 1979
- #34 in Top Drama Movies of 1979
- #5 in Top Crime Movies of 1979
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
