Comfort and Joy

Comfort and Joy

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1984-08-14
Genre:Comedy
Duration:106 min
Director:Bill Forsyth
Actors:Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide
Production:Lake (Comfort and Joy), Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Scottish Television (STV), Kings Road Entertainment

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.

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