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.
Ian Hart
Claire Hackett
Anthony Borrows
David Hart
Megan Burns
Anne Reid
Russell Dixon
Jane Gurnett
Gema Loveday
Julia Deakin
Andrew Schofield
Martin Hancock
David Knopov
Arnold Brown
James Foy
Bernadette Shortt
David Carey
Sylvia Gatril
Chris Darwin
Stephen Walters
Sean McKee
Sean Styles