Genre:Comedy
Released:1983-01-01
Runtime:83
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.
Elvis Payne
Character: Winston
Mark Wingett
Character: Eddie
Kathryn Apanowicz
Character: Beryl
Jason Rose
Character: Mac
Allister Bain
Character: Winston's Father
David Ryall
Character: Mister Jack
Michèle Winstanley
Character: Anne
Catherine Rabett
Character: Madeline
Mona Hammond
Character: Winston's Mother
Paola Dionisotti
Character: Eddie's Mother
Mike Horsburgh
Character: Eddie's Father
Christine Kimberley
Character: Benefits Clerk
Howard Lew Lewis
Character: Man in Toilets
Pete Postlethwaite
Character: Winston's Boss
Sheila Grant
Character: Aunt May
Johnny Mulcahy
Character: Eddie's Friend
Shay Gorman
Character: Trade Union Official
Alex Blythe
Jules Mannheim
Roger Monk
Jerry Judge
Character: Plainclothes Policeman
Lydia Burke
Character: Girl at Shop Window
Stephen Calcutt
Character: Shop Assistant
Sam Cox
Character: Hotel Staff
Chris Flynn
David Grahame
Sidney Johnson
Barrie Houghton
Character: Hotel Waiter
John Bardon
Character: Man in Hotel Bar
Dick McCullough
Character: Northern Soldier
Steve Michaels
David Napthine
Character: Northern Policeman
Holly Searle
Character: Supermarket Cashier
Ralph Hawkes
Character: Sheep Rustler
Jim McCabe
Rick Shifter
Peggy Gosschalk
Character: Post Mistress
Dick Irwin
Character: Post Master
Andrew Byatt
Character: Jim
Stephen Brigden
Character: Southern Soldier
Norman Cooley
Raymond Gardner
Jeremy Swift
Andrew Bicknell
Character: Soldier in Nightmare
Mick Hurd
Geoffrey Swann