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Riff-Raff

Name: Riff-Raff
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1991-06-21
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, George Moss, Jimmy Coleman, Ricky Tomlinson

ComedyDrama

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.

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Cast

Robert CarlyleEmer McCourtGeorge MossJimmy ColemanRicky TomlinsonDavid FinchPeter MullanRichard BelgraveAde SaparaDerek YoungBill MooresWillie Ross

Director

Ken Loach

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