Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff

1991•1h 35m•6.7/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(116)

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.

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Production

Parallax Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

Stevie

Emer McCourt

Emer McCourt

Susan

George Moss

Mo

Jimmy Coleman

Shem

Ricky Tomlinson

Ricky Tomlinson

Larry

David Finch

Kevin

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

Jake

Richard Belgrave

Kojo

Ade Sapara

Fiaman

Derek Young

Desmonde

Bill Moores

Bill Moores

Smurph

Willie Ross

Willie Ross

Gus Siddon

Luke Kelly

Ken Jones

Gary Lammin

Gary Lammin

Mick (as Garrie J. Lammin)

Dean Perry

Wilf

Terry Bird

Terry Bird

Van Driver

John Kazek

John Kazek

Robert

Maureen Carr

Maureen Carr

Ellen

Anne Marie Timoney

Fiona

Angela Morant

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