Comfort and Joy

A serious comedy

APPROPIATE

1984 / 106min.

Rating6.6

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Bill Paterson

David O'Hara

Patrick Malahide

Eleanor David

Ron Donachie

Alex Norton

Caroline Guthrie

Gilly Gilchrist

Clare Grogan

Alan Tall

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