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No Surrender

  • 19851985
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  • 1h 40m
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7.1/10
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No Surrender (1985)
Comedy
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clas... Read allIt's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
358
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    • Peter Smith
    • Alan Bleasdale
  • Stars
    • Michael Angelis
    • Avis Bunnage
    • James Ellis
    • Peter Smith
    • Alan Bleasdale
  • Stars
    • Michael Angelis
    • Avis Bunnage
    • James Ellis
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    • 16User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Michael Angelis
    Michael Angelis
    • Mike
    Avis Bunnage
    Avis Bunnage
    • Martha Gorman
    James Ellis
    • Paddy Burke
    Tom Georgeson
    • Mr. Ross
    Bernard Hill
    Bernard Hill
    • Bernard
    Ray McAnally
    Ray McAnally
    • Billy McRacken
    Mark Mulholland
    • Norman
    Joanne Whalley
    Joanne Whalley
    • Cheryl
    J.G. Devlin
    J.G. Devlin
    • George Gorman
    Vince Earl
    • Frank
    Ken Jones
    • Ronny
    Michael Ripper
    Michael Ripper
    • Tony Bonaparte
    Marjorie Sudell
    • Barbara
    Joan Turner
    • Superwoman
    Richard Alexander
    • Smoking Kid
    Pamela Austin
    Pamela Austin
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    Ina Clough
    Ina Clough
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    Paul Codman
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      • Peter Smith
      • Alan Bleasdale
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    10/10
    Nothing like it-- a bleak, intelligent satire about impasse
    I wanted to see this film from the moment I read its TIMES' summation: a sheepish night-club manager shows up for work at his new Liverpool job, and discovers his predecessor, as a kiss-off gesture, has scheduled Catholic and Protestant Irish social groups for the same night (he also saved some tables for mental patients, having a night-out). The evening's entertainment features a thrash-band screaming lyrics like "YOU'RE GONNA DIE-- DIE--DIE!" at the golden agers, a catatonic magician.....The rookie sets out to get through the impossible night ahead. The accents are fuzzy, and some of the Irish jokes obscure-- but this film is so filled with talent that wonderful Bernard Hill takes a second-tier role as a dim bulb. The film's moral center is that remarkable character actor Ray McAnally, a detective trying to find a real criminal among all the low-lifes. Few people have voted on this film-- but a lot of them accorded it a 10. Scout around and discover why-- this is one singular film.
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      • August 6, 1986 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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      • Channel Four Films
      • Dumbarton Films
      • Lauron International
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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