Top billed cast

1. 

   Ray Winstone

   Ray

2. 

   Kathy Burke

   Valerie

3. 

   Charlie Creed-Miles

   Billy

4. 

   Laila Morse

   Janet

5. 

   Edna Doré

   Kath

6. 

   Chrissie Cotterill

   Paula

7. 

   Jon Morrison

   Angus

8. 

   Jamie Foreman

   Mark

9. 

   Neil Maskell

   Schmuddie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-05-27

It's Kathy Burke who steals this for me with a powerfully emotional characterisation of "Valerie". She lives with her brutish husband "Raymond" (Ray Winstone) and her permanently geared-up brother "Billy" (Charlie Creed-Miles). None of the are strangers to drugs and to booze, but when her husband reckons his wastrel brother-in-law has pinched his stuff, he turfs him onto the streets where here resorts to his own mother "Janet" (Laila Morse) for a bed and a source of cash to feed his habit. 'Billy" is a bit of a thoughtless cretin and his behaviour leads to even more turmoil for his sister when...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• london, england
• heroin
• violent husband
• addiction
• dysfunctional family
• alcoholism
• domestic violence
• working class
• drugs
• mental illness