Riff-Raff (1991)

6.7/10 95 min Comedy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Carlyle

Stevie

Emer McCourt

Susan

Ricky Tomlinson

Larry

Peter Mullan

Jake

Bill Moores

Smurph

Willie Ross

Gus Siddon

Gary Lammin

Mick (as Garrie J. Lammin)

Terry Bird

Van Driver

John Kazek

Robert

Maureen Carr

Ellen

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