Dancin' thru the Dark (1990)
- Starring:
- Con O'Neill, Angela Clarke, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mike Ockrent
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Synopsis of Dancin' thru the Dark
British playwright Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita) adapts his play Stags and Hens for the screen and, with director Mike Ockrent, who also directed the stage production of Educating Rita, succeeds in conveying the cocky-eyed and aimless textures of working-class Liverpool ("It's like Beirut without the sun" one character points out) in Dancin' Thru the Dark. In this atmosphere-laden character piece, Linda (Claire Hackett) is out cavorting with her friends on the night before her wedding at a Liverpool nightery. But then her husband-to-be and his friends arrive to celebrate at the same joint. As if that weren't enough coincidence to go around, pop singer Peter (Con O'Neill), Linda's ex-boyfriend, and his rock band arrive in town to play a gig -- and it happens to be at the same club. Then Linda's past and future come together like two smashing beer mugs. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Dancin' thru the Dark
- Con O'Neill - Peter
- Mark Womack - Eddie
- Julian Littman - Ned
- Angela Clarke - Maureen
- Julia Deakin - Bernadette
- Ben Murphy - Gary
- Director(s):
- Mike Ockrent
- Writer(s):
- Willy Russell
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