Comfort and Joy
A serious comedy
6.6(63) 1984-08-14 106 minComedy
Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
ProducerPaddy Higson
DirectorBill Forsyth
ProducerClive Parsons
ProducerDavina Belling
Original Music ComposerMark Knopfler
WriterBill Forsyth
Cast & characters
Bill Paterson
as Alan
Eleanor David
as Maddy
Clare Grogan
as Charlotte
Alex Norton
as Trevor
Patrick Malahide
as Colin
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Roberto Bernardi
as Mr. McCool
Rikki Fulton
as Hilary
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George Rossi
as Bruno
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Peter Rossi
as Paolo
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Billy McElhaney
as Renato
Iain McColl
as Archie
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Billy Johnstone
as Amos
Gilly Gilchrist
as Rufus
Caroline Guthrie
as Gloria
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Oona McCracken
as Nancy
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Elizabeth Sinclair
as Fiona
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Katy Black
as Sarah
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Robin Black
as Lily
Ron Donachie
as George
Arnold Brown
as Psychiatrist
Robert Buchanan
as Trevor's Workman
Douglas Sannachan
as Trevor's Workman
Billy Greenlees
as Trevor's Workman
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Alan Tall
as Trevor's Workman
