Cass

Cass is based on the real life of Cass Pennant, a Jamaican-born baby adopted by an older white couple and raised in a white area of London. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, he faces racism and finds that respect has to be earned through toughness. He takes the name Cass and becomes a leading figure among the West Ham United hooligans, rising to the top of a gang known as a firm. When the authorities crack down on football violence in the 1980s, Cass is imprisoned. After his release he tries to build a life away from the gang, but his past continues to pull him back.

Jon S. Baird directed and wrote the film, his first feature, followed by Filth, Stan & Ollie, Tetris and Everything's Going to Be Great. Nonso Anozie plays the adult Cass, with Daniel Kaluuya as Cass at fourteen, Natalie Press as Elaine, Leo Gregory as Freeman, Gavin Brocker as Prentice and Peter Wight as Cecil among a credited cast of 33.

Released in 2008 and running 108 minutes, the British crime drama has a rating of 5.9 out of 10 on TMDB from 81 votes, a modest response from a limited number of viewers.