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Bookmark this pageNo Surrender (1985)
Director: Peter Smith
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From Time Out Film Guide
An acerbic, frequently very funny farce scripted by Alan Bleasdale, here bringing with him Angelis, Hill and Ellis from The Boys from the Black Stuff. It's the same slightly surreal allegory on contemporary Britain: a seedy Liverpool nightclub, where Angelis takes over as manager to find that his predecessor - a practical joker - has booked a gaggle of appalling acts to perform at a New Year's Eve binge, attended by two parties of OAPs, one Protestant, the other devout Irish Catholics. Mayhem ensues, of course, amid a collection of excellent performances and witty one-liners. No masterpiece, to be sure, but highly enjoyable, for all its underlying bleakness.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Smith
Producer: Mamoun Hassan
Cast: Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, James Ellis, Tom Georgeson, Bernard Hill, Ray McAnally, Mark Mulholland, Joanne Whalley, JG Devlin full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 104 mins
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