Riff-Raff (Original title)Riff Raff (Help search title)
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 21 June 1991 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ken Loach
Synopsis: In London, in the early 1990s. Stevie, recently arrived from Glasgow and sleeping rough, gets a job on a building site, and settles into a squat found with the help of his co-workers. A relationship develops with young drifter and aspiring singer Susan, but is terminated when she succumbs to drug abuse.
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Subjects: Construction workers, Squatting, Drug abuse, Industrial accidents
Releases
Date: 21 June 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins 14 secs - Length: 8660 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures
Date: 21 June 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8660 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: September 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 21 June 1991 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ken Loach
Synopsis: In London, in the early 1990s. Stevie, recently arrived from Glasgow and sleeping rough, gets a job on a building site, and settles into a squat found with the help of his co-workers. A relationship develops with young drifter and aspiring singer Susan, but is terminated when she succumbs to drug abuse.
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Subjects: Construction workers, Squatting, Drug abuse, Industrial accidents
Releases
Date: 21 June 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins 14 secs - Length: 8660 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures
Date: 21 June 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8660 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: September 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Channel Four Television Co. Ltd, A Parallax Pictures production: Parallax Pictures, [Produced] for: Channel Four, Producer: Sally Hibbin, Production Manager: Deborah Thompson, Production Accountant: Cherry Fiddaman, Location Manager: Tony Clarkson, Production Secretary: Lesley Stewart, Production Secretary: Shellie Smith, Glasgow Fixer: Sara Barr, Desi Hughes, Production Runner: Ben Johnson, Floor Runner: Tracy Bass, Assistant Director: Peter McAleese, 2nd Assistant Director: Neil Calder, 3rd Assistant Director: Tommy Gormley, Continuity: Valerie Croft, Screenplay: Bill Jesse, Photography: Barry Ackroyd, Focus Puller: Paul Grech-Ellul, Clapper Loader: Kate Stark, Jobfit Trainee: Baz Irvine, Gaffer: Dominic Seal, Best Boy: Steve Pochetty, Stills Photographer: Paul Chedlow, Special Effects: Janimals, Special Effects: Special Effects Universal, Editor: Jonathan Morris, Assistant Editor: Anthony Morris, Production Designer: Martin Johnson, Art Director: Jonathan Lee, Props Buyer: Graham Tew, Props Man: Mark Fruin, Dennis Fruin, [Props] Jobfit Trainee: Susie Lee, Construction Manager: Stephen Hargreaves, Construction Labour: Paul Whitelock, Geoff Clark, Wardrobe: Wendy Knowles, Make-up: Louise Fisher, Music: Stewart Copeland, Sound Recordist: Bob Withey, Boom Operator: Jason Russell, Sound Maintenance Engineer: Dick Philip, Dubbing Mixer: David Old, Dubbing Editor: Kevin Brazier, Stunts: Andy Bradford, Stunts: Clive Curtis, Driver: Jim Atkins, This film is dedicated to the memory of Bill Jesse who wrote the screenplay: Bill Jesse
Cast
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Robert Carlyle (Stevie), Emer McCourt (Susan), Richard Belgrave (Kojo), Jimmy Coleman (Shem), David Finch (Kevin), Garrie J. Lammin (Mick), Dean Perry (Wilf), George Moss (Mo), Willie Ross (Gus Siddon), Ade Sapara (Fiaman), Ricky Tomlinson (Larry), Derek Young (Desmonde), Bill Moores (Smurph), Luke Kelly (Ken Jones), Dylan O'Mahony, Brian Coyle, Stuart Peveril (youth), Terry Bird (van driver), Jimmy Batten (man buying Kango), Tracy Brabin, Debra Gillett, Benjamin Lush, Jayne MacKenzie, Johanne Murdock (singer), David Alder (director), David Taegar (producer), Dominic Barlow (pianist), Terry Duggan (boss in office), Angela Morant (estate agent), Lila Cherif, Joumana Gil, Zohra El Harrack (client), Peter Mullan (Jake), John Kazek (Robert), Anne Marie Timoney (Fiona), Maureen Carr (Ellen), James MacDonald (funeral director), Vicky Murdock (medical secretary), Mike Haydon (security guard), Martin Clapson, Tex Comer, Les Davidson, Jimmy Jewell, Len Stonebridge (pub band)