Young Adam

Young Adam

Joe Taylor

Ella Gault

Les Gault

Cathie Dimly

Gwen

Daniel Gordon

Bill

Connie

Bob M'bussi

Sam

Barman

Bowler Hat Man

Stall Woman

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Steet Pub Man

Black Street Barman

Prosecutor

Judge

Forensics Expert (as Matthew Zajac)

Cathie's Flatmate (as Mhairi Steenbock)

Jury Foreman

Mrs. Gordon

Clerk of the Court

Defence Counsel

Witness

Blind Man

This was the first film which Mcgregor did not take his family along for the shoot.

Ewan McGregor's nude scenes were originally going to be cut from the U.S. release, but after McGregor objected, the full-frontal nude scenes were put back in.

After finding the body, Joe is sitting on a bucket at the dockside, a famous pose of that Dundonian cartoon rascal Oor Wullie, whose own father used to work on the docks.

The chords heard as Les plays the guitar change, but his fingers don't move.

In a wide shot of the skyline of Glasgow from Kelvingrove Park, the Glasgow Tower can be seen on the horizon. The tower wasn't built until 2000.

The position of the arms, and also the rag covering the body, change.

Joe Taylor: I think she went to a bridge fully dressed and stood there breathing the warm night air. And she took off her jacket and folded it neatly on the ground. And then she unbuttoned her blouse and undid her brassiere and let it drop down on top of the other clothes. And she'd unbutton her skirt and let it slip down over her hips. And then she'd unroll her stockings and hold them out so that they blew in the breeze like penance before she let them float off into the night. And she'd shiver and ask herself if she really wanted to go through with this, and she'd answer that question by kicking her clothes into the river. And hurriedly now she'd take off her garter and her knickers. And there'd she be, standing in her petticoat, thinking about whatever it was that brought her to this. And then with her petticoat billowing around her she'd drop into the water like a rose, float there for a moment, and be gone.

Les Gault: What'd you do that for?

Joe Taylor: [after having sex with Ella] Are you sorry?