Comfort and Joy
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.
Bill Forsyth
Bill Forsyth
Casts & Crew
Bill Paterson
Eleanor David
Clare Grogan
Alex Norton
Patrick Malahide
Roberto Bernardi
Rikki Fulton
George Rossi
Peter Rossi
Billy McElhaney
Iain McColl
Billy Johnstone
Gilly Gilchrist
Caroline Guthrie
Oona McCracken
Elizabeth Sinclair
Katy Black
Robin Black
Ron Donachie
Arnold Brown
Robert Buchanan
Douglas Sannachan
Billy Greenlees
Alan Tall
Bob Starrett
David O'Hara
Teri Lally
Allan Wylie
Alistair Campbell
Charles Kearney
Elspeth Cameron
Pearl Deans
Ray Jeffries
Patrick Lewsley
Ronald McCleod Veitch
Johnny Irving
Johnny Mac
Also Directed by Bill Forsyth
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