Riff-Raff

Jun 21, 1991

1h 35m

★ 6.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Parallax Pictures

Riff-Raff Trailers

Cast

Stevie

Robert Carlyle

Susan

Emer McCourt

George Moss

Shem

Jimmy Coleman

Larry

Ricky Tomlinson

Kevin

David Finch

Jake

Peter Mullan

Kojo

Richard Belgrave

Fiaman

Ade Sapara

Desmonde

Derek Young

Smurph

Bill Moores

Gus Siddon

Willie Ross

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