Comfort and Joy

UK 1984 Color (Technicolor)

Produced by: Kings Road Entertainment
Certification: USA:PG / Sweden:7
Language: English
Genre/keyword: Comedy / christmas / ice-cream / radio / radio-dj
Runtime: UK:106
Directed by
Bill Forsyth 

Cast (in credits order)
Bill Paterson (I) ( Alan ) Eleanor David ( Maddy ) Clare Grogan ( Charlotte ) Alex Norton ( Trevor ) Patrick Malahide ( Colin ) Rikki Fulton ( Hilary ) Roberto Bernardi (I) ( Mr. McCool ) George Rossi ( Bruno ) Peter Rossi ( Paulo ) Billy McElhaney ( Renato ) Gilly Gilchrist ( Rufus ) Caroline Guthrie ( Gloria ) Ona McCracken ( Nancy ) Elizabeth Sinclair ( Fiona ) Katy Black ( Sarah ) Robin Black (I) ( Lily ) Ron Donachie ( George ) Arnold Brown ( Psychiatrist ) Iain McColl ( Archie ) Billy Johnstone ( Amos ) Douglas Sannachan ( Trevor's Workman ) Billy Greenlees ( Trevor's Workman ) Robert Buchanan ( Trevor's Workman ) Alan Tall ( Trevor's Workman ) Bob Starrett ( Trevor's Workman ) David O'Hara (I) ( Engineer ) Alan Wylie ( Newsreader ) Alistair Campbell ( Keith ) Charles Kearney ( All-Night DJ ) Elspeth Cameron ( Mrs. Wilson ) Teri Lally ( Shop Assistant ) Pearl Deans ( Maria ) Ray Jeffries ( Removal Man ) Patrick Lewsley ( Removal Man ) Ronald McCleod Veitch ( Dentist ) Johnny Irving ( Bob Hope Look-Alike ) Johnny Mac ( Fred Astaire Look-Alike )

Written by
Bill Forsyth 

Cinematography by
Chris Menges 

Music by
Mark Knopfler 

Production Design by
Adrienne Atkinson 

Costume Design by
Lindy Hemming 
Mary-Jane Reyner 

Film Editing by
Michael Ellis (I) 

Produced by
Davina Belling 
Paddy Higson  (associate)
Clive Parsons 

Other crew
Roy Alon .... stunts
Yvonne Coppard .... make-up artist
Susie Figgis .... casting
Alan Stuart .... fight arranger

Plot Summary for Comfort and Joy

Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the ice cream market of Glasgow.
Summary written by Mattias Thuresson

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