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No Surrender

No Surrender

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No Surrender

1985

1h 39m

6.7(12 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis

Mike

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Bernard

Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

Billy McRacken

Tom Georgeson

Tom Georgeson

Mr Ross

Joanne Whalley

Joanne Whalley

Cheryl

James Ellis

James Ellis

Paddy Burke

Avis Bunnage

Avis Bunnage

Martha Gorman

J.G. Devlin

J.G. Devlin

George Gorman

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

Rosco De Ville

Michael Ripper

Michael Ripper

Tony Bonaparte

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Smith
Written by: Alan Bleasdale
Produced by: Mamoun Hassan

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