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14/08/1984 Comedy 1h 46m
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A serious comedy

Overview

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.

  1. Bill Forsyth

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bill Paterson

    Alan

  2. Eleanor David

    Maddy

  3. Clare Grogan

    Charlotte

  4. Alex Norton

    Trevor

  5. Patrick Malahide

    Colin

  6. Roberto Bernardi

    Mr. McCool

  7. Rikki Fulton

    Hilary

  8. George Rossi

    Bruno

  9. Peter Rossi

    Paolo

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-23
Without any help at all from "Mr. Bridger", the Italian chip shops and ice cream vans of Glasgow are being smashed up. It's only because he takes a bit of a shine to one of the girls in the van that local radio personality "Alan" (Bill Peterson) witnesses one of the assaults and decides that he must do something to ensure peace breaks out. There really were "ice cream wars" in Glasgow so this engaging comedy has it's roots in fact as he tries to get the warring "Mr. Cool" (Robert Bernardi) and "Mr. Bunny" (Alex Norton) round the wafer table before his new soft-top BMW becomes little more than ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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