The Slab Boys (1997)

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97 min - Drama - 29 August 1997 (UK)

3.7

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Paisley, Scotland, in 1957. Three working-class lads look forward to the staff dance at the local carpet factory... See full summary »

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	Robin Laing	...	Phil McCann
	Russell Barr	...	George 'Spanky' Farrell
	Bill Gardiner	...	Hector McKenzie
	Louise Berry	...	Lucille Bentley
	Julie Wilson Nimmo	...	Bernadette Rooney
	Duncan Ross	...	Alan Downie
	Moray Hunter	...	Jack Hogg
	David O'Hara	...	Terry Skinnedar
	Tom Watson	...	Willie Curry
	Anna Massey	...	Miss Elsie Walkinshaw
	Barbara Rafferty	...	Mrs. McCann
	Ford Kiernan	...	Male Orderly
	Jim Boyce	...	Plainclothes Policeman
	Isi Metzstein	...	Old Mr. Rubenstein
	Wayne Smith	...	Young Phil

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Paisley, Scotland, in 1957. Three working-class lads look forward to the staff dance at the local carpet factory. Exuberant social piece of observation cinema that concentrates on the boys' obsessions with lust, music and 'getting out'. Written by Duncan Shine <shine@cableinet.co.uk>

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