No Surrender (1985)

A scheduling mixup means two groups of old-timers have reserved the same bar for a party on the same night. The situation is trickier than expected since the bar is in Liverpool, and one ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Smith

Writer:

Alan Bleasdale

Stars:

Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, James Ellis

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Angelis	...	Mike
Avis Bunnage	...	Martha Gorman
James Ellis	...	Paddy Burke
Tom Georgeson	...	Mr. Ross
Bernard Hill	...	Bernard
Ray McAnally	...	Billy McCracken
Joanne Whalley	...	Cheryl
Mark Mulholland	...	Norman
J.G. Devlin	...	George Gorman
Vince Earl	...	Frank
Ken Jones	...	Ronny
Michael Ripper	...	Tony Bonaparte
Marjorie Sudell	...	Barbara
Joan Turner	...	Superwoman
Elvis Costello	...	Rosco de Ville

Storyline

A scheduling mixup means two groups of old-timers have reserved the same bar for a party on the same night. The situation is trickier than expected since the bar is in Liverpool, and one group are Protestant die-hards while the other consists of Catholics hard-liners.

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Plot Keywords:

protestant | britain | pub | alcoholism | magician | 

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Taglines:

A Normal Night Out These Days

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ei anneta periksi

Filming Locations:

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Channel Four Films, Dumbarton Films, Lauron International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Mid 1980's an unemployed man takes over the running of a rundown nightclub on New Years Eve.

Liverpool mid 1980's New Years Eve an unemployed man finds work managing a run down night club only to find that the local Orange lodge OAP's and Catholic Society old folks have been booked in on the same night. Mix in the worst night club acts ever seen, local gangsters, ageing terrorists and a wickedly dark humour. Hopefully this should be released on DVD soon? Bernard Hill is as usual a real star and has an appearance by Joanne Whalley in one of her first roles. Michael Angelis is excellent and the film is a real joy especially in its use of a dry humour that all visitors to Liverpool will recognise. This is a real slice of social commentary and show cases several cameo appearances including Elvis Costello as a 'walking nervous breakdown' / magician. I have since traced a copy of No Surrender after three years of searching and converted it to DVD as a back up copy. I had forgotten how wonderful the humour was I shall upgrade my ranking just on the strength of this. This film has atmosphere a real taste of my early adult life in early 80's Britain showing it was not all big hair do's and mobile phones the size of bricks.