No Surrender
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.
Directed by Peter Smith · Written by Alan Bleasdale
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Cast
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Michael Angelis Mike -
Bernard Hill Bernard -
Ray McAnally Billy McRacken -
Tom Georgeson Mr Ross -
Joanne Whalley Cheryl -
James Ellis Paddy Burke -
Avis Bunnage Martha Gorman -
J.G. Devlin George Gorman -
Elvis Costello Rosco De Ville -
Michael Ripper Tony Bonaparte - Vince Earl Frank
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Mark Mulholland Norman
Make it a double feature
4h 19m together
No Surrender
Nashville
A close match in mood and era.
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