Storyline
Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain.
Released
1/1/1983
Runtime
1h 23min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
BFI
Cast
Elvis Payne
Winston
Mark Wingett
Eddie
Kathryn Apanowicz
Beryl
Jason Rose
Mac
Allister Bain
Winston's Father
David Ryall
Mister Jack
Michèle Winstanley
Anne
Catherine Rabett
Madeline
Mona Hammond
Winston's Mother
Paola Dionisotti
Eddie's Mother
Mike Horsburgh
Eddie's Father
Christine Kimberley
Benefits Clerk
Howard Lew Lewis
Man in Toilets
Pete Postlethwaite
Winston's Boss
Sheila Grant
Aunt May
Johnny Mulcahy
Eddie's Friend
Shay Gorman
Trade Union Official
Alex Blythe
Trade Union Official
Jules Mannheim
Trade Union Official
Roger Monk
Trade Union Official
Jerry Judge
Plainclothes Policeman
Lydia Burke
Girl at Shop Window
Stephen Calcutt
Shop Assistant
Sam Cox
Hotel Staff
Chris Flynn
Hotel Staff
David Grahame
Hotel Staff
Sidney Johnson
Hotel Staff
Barrie Houghton
Hotel Waiter
John Bardon
Man in Hotel Bar
Dick McCullough
Northern Soldier
Steve Michaels
Northern Soldier
David Napthine
Northern Policeman
Holly Searle
Supermarket Cashier
Ralph Hawkes
Sheep Rustler
Jim McCabe
Sheep Rustler
Rick Shifter
Sheep Rustler
Peggy Gosschalk
Post Mistress
Dick Irwin
Post Master
Andrew Byatt
Jim
Stephen Brigden
Southern Soldier
Norman Cooley
Southern Soldier
Raymond Gardner
Southern Soldier
Jeremy Swift
Southern Soldier
Andrew Bicknell
Soldier in Nightmare
Mick Hurd
Soldier in Nightmare
Geoffrey Swann
Soldier in Nightmare