“It would be funny if it didn't hurt so much.”
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
Ken Loach
Sally Hibbin
Jim Allen
Barry Ackroyd
Stewart Copeland
Bruce Jones
Bob
Julie Brown
Anne
Gemma Phoenix
Coleen
Ricky Tomlinson
Tommy
Tom Hickey
Father Barry
Mike Fallon
Jimmy
Ronnie Ravey
Butcher
Lee Brennan
Irishman
Karen Henthorn
Young Mother
Christine Abbott
May
Geraldine Ward
Tracey
William Ash
Joe
... and 17 more
Peter McGinn
I watched this to see Bruce Jones in it, who I know from long ago Coronation Street. He performed well with a limiting script. I mean, there was plenty of emotional highs and lows for him to strut his stuff, but the plot seemed weak and fell back on stereotypes. I had trouble with his being too prou...
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