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Quick Facts

DirectorBill Forsyth

Runtime1h 46m · R

GenresComedy

Release1984-08-14

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Film

Comfort and Joy

Name: Comfort and Joy
Released: 1984-08-14

1984· R· 1h 46m· Comedy

“A serious comedy”

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.

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Key Crew

DirectorBill Forsyth

WriterBill Forsyth

ProducerClive Parsons

Director of PhotographyChris Menges

Original Music ComposerMark Knopfler

EditorMichael Ellis

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 17 crew)

Details

Released1984-08-14

Runtime1h 46m · R

StatusReleased

StudiosLake (Comfort and Joy) · Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment · Scottish Television (STV)

LanguagesItalian · English

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Rating6.6/10 · 63 votes

Original languageen

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