No Surrender

1985

1h 39m

6.5(11 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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63 members

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Michael Angelis

Mike

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Bernard Hill

Bernard

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Ray McAnally

Billy McRacken

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Tom Georgeson

Mr Ross

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Joanne Whalley

Cheryl

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James Ellis

Paddy Burke

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Avis Bunnage

Martha Gorman

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J.G. Devlin

George Gorman

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Elvis Costello

Rosco De Ville

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Michael Ripper

Tony Bonaparte

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Vince Earl

Frank

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Mark Mulholland

Norman

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Ken Jones

Ronny

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Joan Turner

Superwoman

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Marjorie Sudell

Barbara

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Paul Connor

Infirm Man

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Ina Clough

Infirm Woman

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Lovette Edwards

Infirm Woman

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Vera Kelly

Infirm Woman

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Helen Rhodes

Infirm Woman

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Dean Williams

Real Menace

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Ian Hart

Uncertain Menace

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Joey Kaye

Driver, Catholic Party

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Eric Granville

Donald Duck

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Harry Goodier

Cleanshaven Veteran

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Gerry Fogerty

Moustached Veteran

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Al T. Kossy

Bobby

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Robert Hamilton

Special Branch Officer

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Gerard Hely

Senior Policeman

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Frank Vincent

1st Policeman

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Joe McGann

2nd Policeman

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Penny Leatherbarrow

Mrs Morgan

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Doc O'Brien

Driver, Protestant Party

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Tony Rohr

McCarthur

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Andrew Schofield

Macker

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Tony Scoggo

Merc Driver

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Linus Roache

Ulster Boy

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David Doyle

Ulster Boy

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Pete Price

Comedian

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James Culshaw

Gorman's Cab Driver

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Mark McGann

Rock Group Leader

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Michael Starke

Member of Rock Group

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Paul Codman

Member of Rock Group

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Stephen Lloyd

Member of Rock Group

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Phil Kernot

Stan

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Georgina Smith

Ollie

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Arthur Spreckley

Matthew

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Robert Nield

Yousee

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Bill Moores

Quasimodo

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Eileen Walsh

Waitress

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Gabrielle Daye

Winnie

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Richard Alexander

Smoking Kid

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Pamela Austin

Organist

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George Christopher Wilson

Young Kid

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Johnny Mallen

French Onion Seller

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Ron Metcalfe

Veteran

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Steve O'Connor

Veteran

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Tommy Ryan

Veteran

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Christopher Quinn

Warden

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Mabel Seward

Older Waitress

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Harry Webster

Priest

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Gerry White

Driver, Infirm Party

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Peter Wilson

Comedian's Boyfriend

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No Surrender

No Surrender

Overview

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Production Companies

Cast & Crew

Michael Angelis

Bernard Hill

Ray McAnally

Tom Georgeson

Joanne Whalley

James Ellis

Avis Bunnage

J.G. Devlin

Elvis Costello

Michael Ripper

Vince Earl

Mark Mulholland

Ken Jones

Joan Turner

Marjorie Sudell

Paul Connor

Ina Clough

Lovette Edwards

Vera Kelly

Helen Rhodes

Dean Williams

Ian Hart

Joey Kaye

Eric Granville

Harry Goodier

Gerry Fogerty

Al T. Kossy

Robert Hamilton

Gerard Hely

Frank Vincent

Joe McGann

Penny Leatherbarrow

Doc O'Brien

Tony Rohr

Andrew Schofield

Tony Scoggo

Linus Roache

David Doyle

Pete Price

James Culshaw

Mark McGann

Michael Starke

Paul Codman

Stephen Lloyd

Phil Kernot

Georgina Smith

Arthur Spreckley

Robert Nield

Bill Moores

Eileen Walsh

Gabrielle Daye

Richard Alexander

Pamela Austin

George Christopher Wilson

Johnny Mallen

Ron Metcalfe

Steve O'Connor

Tommy Ryan

Christopher Quinn

Mabel Seward

Harry Webster

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