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Alexandra Pigg, Alfred Molina, Peter Firth, Margi Clarke, Tracy Lea ... see more see more... , Ted Wood , Susan Dempsey , Carl Chase , Angela Clarke , Neil Cunningham , Robbie Dee , Syd Newman , Sharon Power , Eddie Ross , Mandy Walsh , Frank Clarke , Paul Beringer , Joey Kaye , Jeanette Votel , Wendy Votel , Ken Hudson Campbell , John Carr

A romantic farce that enjoys but never makes fun of its protagonists, this is an entertaining story about the unlikely pairing of a Liverpool factory worker and a Russian sailor. The romantic Teresa (... read more read more...Margi Clarke)works in a chicken factory and looks forward to the men she might meet on the weekends. Her friend Elaine (Alexandra Pigg) is living on state aid and is fairly casual about how she can pick up a little extra cash. One weekend the two women set out for the dancehall with someone else's hard-earned money, lifted by Teresa, and there they meet two Russian sailors, Peter (Peter Firth) and Sergei (Alfred Molina). For Elaine and Peter, it is love at first sight, and they spend the rest of the night talking and the following day wandering around Liverpool, hand in hand. When the dreaded parting of the ways comes at last, Elaine is furious that a small thing like politics has to keep them apart -- so she writes a letter to Brezhnev, with surprising results. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Chris Bernard

Release Date: January 1, 1985

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  • DrLappos
    August 9, 2009
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    This was such a late eighties movie with the srikes and Britain in economic decline that it spoke to almost everyone who watched it. At the time the Soviet Union was still this terrifying entity just waiting to wipe us all off the face of the earth...This comes through a little i... read moren the film and it is really enjoyable.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 26, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

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March 26, 2009
Variety

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Walter Goodman
May 21, 2003
Walter Goodman, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Dave Kehr
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
July 5, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Robin Clifford
October 8, 2004
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Daniel M. Kimmel
July 23, 2004
Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Carol Cling
November 7, 2003
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Geoff Andrew
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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