Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robert Carlyle | ... | Stevie | |
Emer McCourt | ... | Susan | |
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Jim R. Coleman | ... | Shem (as Jimmy Coleman) |
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George Moss | ... | Mo |
Ricky Tomlinson | ... | Larry | |
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David Finch | ... | Kevin |
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Richard Belgrave | ... | Kojo |
Ade Sapara | ... | Fiaman | |
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Derek Young | ... | Desmonde |
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Bill Moores | ... | Smurph |
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Luke Kelly | ... | Ken Jones |
Gary Lammin | ... | Mick (as Garrie J. Lammin) | |
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Willie Ross | ... | Gus Siddon |
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Dean Perry | ... | Wilf |
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Dylan O'Mahony | ... | Youth |
The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
Riff-Raff is so realistic in its depiction of British working class conditions in the building industry of the time. Hard working lads living hard lives making poor money and working for shifty cost cutting employers. More than that though, Loach has filled the story with believable characters and has them speaking realistically with real local accents and absolutely zero political correctness.
Hats off to whoever was in charge of the casting. Standout performances from Robert Carlyle and Ricky Tomlinson but to be fair the entire cast were believable in their roles. There's very authentic feel to the film, almost like watching a documentary instead. Criminally Underrated.