Synopsis
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter SmithDirector
- Alan BleasdaleWriter
- Daryl RunswickOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael AngelisMike
- Bernard HillBernard
- Ray McAnallyBilly McRacken
- Tom GeorgesonMr Ross
- Joanne WhalleyCheryl
- James EllisPaddy Burke
- Avis BunnageMartha Gorman
- J.G. DevlinGeorge Gorman
- Elvis CostelloRosco De Ville
- Michael RipperTony Bonaparte
- Vince EarlFrank
- Mark MulhollandNorman
Stills
Themes
northern englanddark comedysatirecatholicprotestant