A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.
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Ian Hart as Dad
Claire Hackett as Mum
Anthony Borrows as Liam
David Hart as Con
Megan Burns as Teresa
Anne Reid as Mrs. Abernathy
Russell Dixon as Father Ryan
Jane Gurnett as Mrs Samuels
Gema Loveday as Jane Samuels
Julia Deakin as Aggie
Andrew Schofield as Tom
Martin Hancock as David
David Knopov as Mr Samuels
Arnold Brown as Pawnbroker
James Foy as Lofty
Bernadette Shortt as Lizzie
David Carey as Lizzie's Husband
Sylvia Gatril as Nunney
Chris Darwin as Nunney's Husband
Stephen Walters as Black shirt
Sean McKee as Little Micky
Sean Styles as Big Micky
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