![]() The original title of this movie was Dancer. Years later, his father and Tony go to see the adult Billy dancing the lead role in Swan Lake. He and his dad travel to London for the audition where Billy is aggressively outspoken in his responses to the judges but dances powerfully. The other miners stop him and agree to raise the money for Billy. To pay for Billy's trip to London to the Royal Ballet, he crosses the picket line. His father finally acknowledges his son's talent. Billy wants to show him the energy (and anger) that boils inside him. When Tony is beaten by the police, Billy misses his appointment. However, Mrs Wilkinson has faith in his ability and trains him privately for a regional audition. When his father finds out about the lessons he forbids them. Billy practises and, despite misgivings, he improves. While he finds it difficult to perform the steps, he continues to come to the lessons. Dared by Debbie, the daughter of the dancing teacher, Mrs Wilkinson, he auditions for her. One day, he watches the ballet class and is fascinated. Billy takes boxing lessons at the local club. They go every day to the picket lines to pillory scab labourers being bussed into the mines. Billy's recently-widowed father and his older brother, Tony, with whom he shares a room are also out on strike. Miners in the north of England are on strike.
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