

99 minutes
9/11/1985
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.

Michael Angelis
as Mike

Bernard Hill
as Bernard

Ray McAnally
as Billy McRacken

Tom Georgeson
as Mr Ross

Joanne Whalley
as Cheryl

James Ellis
as Paddy Burke

Avis Bunnage
as Martha Gorman

J.G. Devlin
as George Gorman

Elvis Costello
as Rosco De Ville

Michael Ripper
as Tony Bonaparte
Vince Earl
as Frank

Mark Mulholland
as Norman

Ken Jones
as Ronny
Joan Turner
as Superwoman
Marjorie Sudell
as Barbara
Paul Connor
as Infirm Man
Ina Clough
as Infirm Woman
Lovette Edwards
as Infirm Woman
Vera Kelly
as Infirm Woman
Helen Rhodes
as Infirm Woman
Dean Williams
as Real Menace

Ian Hart
as Uncertain Menace
Joey Kaye
as Driver, Catholic Party
Eric Granville
as Donald Duck
Harry Goodier
as Cleanshaven Veteran
Gerry Fogerty
as Moustached Veteran

Al T. Kossy
as Bobby
Robert Hamilton
as Special Branch Officer
Gerard Hely
as Senior Policeman
Frank Vincent
as 1st Policeman

Joe McGann
as 2nd Policeman
Penny Leatherbarrow
as Mrs Morgan
Doc O'Brien
as Driver, Protestant Party

Tony Rohr
as McCarthur

Andrew Schofield
as Macker
Tony Scoggo
as Merc Driver

Linus Roache
as Ulster Boy
David Doyle
as Ulster Boy
Pete Price
as Comedian
James Culshaw
as Gorman's Cab Driver

Mark McGann
as Rock Group Leader

Michael Starke
as Member of Rock Group

Paul Codman
as Member of Rock Group
Stephen Lloyd
as Member of Rock Group
Phil Kernot
as Stan
Georgina Smith
as Ollie
Arthur Spreckley
as Matthew
Robert Nield
as Yousee

Bill Moores
as Quasimodo
Eileen Walsh
as Waitress
Gabrielle Daye
as Winnie
Richard Alexander
as Smoking Kid
Pamela Austin
as Organist
George Christopher Wilson
as Young Kid
Johnny Mallen
as French Onion Seller
Ron Metcalfe
as Veteran
Steve O'Connor
as Veteran
Tommy Ryan
as Veteran
Christopher Quinn
as Warden
Mabel Seward
as Older Waitress
Harry Webster
as Priest
Gerry White
as Driver, Infirm Party
Peter Wilson
as Comedian's Boyfriend