Riff-Raff (1991)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
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Socialist-leaning British director Ken Loach kicked off a decade's worth of acclaimed cinema with this surprisingly comic tale of working class laborers at a North London building site, written by Bill Jesse, a real-life construction worker who died before the film's release. Scottish ex-con Stevie (Robert Carlyle) finds work on a non-union crew converting a hospital into luxury condos. Like most of his coworkers, Stevie is homeless and finds a place to live by squatting in an abandoned
Jul 21, 1993
Cast
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Robert Carlyle
Stevie -
Emer McCourt
Susan -
Jimmy Coleman
Shem -
George Moss
Mo -
Willie Ross
Gus Siddon -
Ricky Tomlinson
Larry -
David Finch
Kevin -
Richard Belgrave
Kojo -
Ade Sapara
Fiaman -
Bill Moores
Smurph -
Tracy Brabin
Singer -
Brian Coyle
Youth -
Debra Gillett
Singer -
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Jimmy Jewel
Pub Band -
Angela Morant
Estate Agent -
Peter Mullan
Jake -
Terry Duggan
Boss in office -
James MacDonald
Funeral Director -
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Laced with humor, this is a humanistic tribute to the survival with dignity of the British working class
Compelling proletarian social consience urban drama set in London.
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