No Surrender. Mike (Michael Angelis). Copyright: No Surrender Films Ltd
No Surrender

No Surrender

  • 1985 film

Dark comedy drama by Alan Bleasdale, centred around a run-down nightclub in Liverpool and a particularly shambolic New Year's Eve party. Stars Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, James Ellis, Tom Georgeson, Bernard Hill and more.

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1985
Stars
Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, James Ellis, Tom Georgeson, Bernard Hill, Ray McAnally, Mark Mulholland, Joanne Whalley and more
Writer
Alan Bleasdale
Director
Peter Smith
Producers
Mamoun Hassan and Michael Peacock
Company

When new manager Mike arrives at Liverpool's run-down Charleston nightclub, he's not quite prepared for the mayhem that awaits.

As if starting his new position on New Year's Eve wasn't bad enough, Mike soon finds that his predecessor is being held captive in a store-room by the gangland boss owner of the club, and slowly being beaten to a pulp, and that the bookings for the evening aren't entirely conduscive to a peaceful night.

There's one coach load of staunch Protestant OAPs, another full of Catholics (all dressed up in hope of a non-existant fancy dress prize), and a minibus of dementia sufferers whose plight is only likely to distress everyone else - and that's just the audience.

Naturally, the only way to round off such an evening is with a mass punch-up in the gents' toilets being interrupted by a police raid just before midnight...

Additional details

Tagline
A normal night out these days
UK certificate
15
Duration
104 minutes
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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