A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.
Unfortunately the movie The Innocent is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | John Mackenzie | Director |
| Writing | Tom Hart | Novel |
| Writing | Ray Jenkins | Screenplay |
| Production | Jacky Stoller | Producer |
| Production | Dickie Bamber | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Francis Monkman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
