
Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1984-08-14) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total |
BoxOffice: | $1,057,368 |
Screen: | Bill Forsyth |
Productions: | Lake (Comfort and Joy), Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Scottish Television (STV), Kings Road Entertainment |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English, Italiano |

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- 68687: Bill Forsyth - Director - Directing
- 96588: Davina Belling - Producer - Production
- 105965: Paddy Higson - Producer - Production
- 63960: Clive Parsons - Producer - Production
- 28841: Michael Ellis - Editor - Editing
- 139560: Guy Fletcher - Musician - Sound
- 33254: Jim Gillespie - Third Assistant Director - Directing
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A nice, amusing and creative premise. I enjoyed <em>'Comfort and Joy'</em>. Bill Paterson heads events confidently as Alan, he's fun to watch in the lead. Patrick Malahide (<em>'Game of Thrones'</em>, <em>'Luther'</em>) is in there too, while Alex Norton and Roberto Bernardi play ....
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Without any help at all from "Mr. Bridger", the Italian chip shops and ice cream vans of Glasgow are being smashed up. It's only because he takes a bit of a shine to one of the girls in the van that local radio personality "Alan" (Bill Peterson) witnesses one of the assaults and deci ....
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