It would be funny if it didn't hurt so much.
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to increasingly questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
Ken Loach
Director
Jim Allen
Writer
Barry Ackroyd
Director of Photography
Sally Hibbin
Producer
Stewart Copeland
Original Music Composer
Bruce Jones
Bob
Julie Brown
Anne
Gemma Phoenix
Coleen
Ricky Tomlinson
Tommy
Tom Hickey
Father Barry
Mike Fallon
Jimmy
Ronnie Ravey
Butcher
Lee Brennan
Irishman
Karen Henthorn
Young Mother
Christine Abbott
May
Geraldine Ward
Tracey
William Ash
Joe
