Comfort and Joy

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.

Cast

Bill Paterson

as Alan

Eleanor David

as Maddy

Clare Grogan

as Charlotte

Alex Norton

as Trevor

Patrick Malahide

as Colin

Roberto Bernardi

as Mr. McCool

Rikki Fulton

as Hilary

George Rossi

as Bruno

Peter Rossi

as Paolo

Billy McElhaney

as Renato

Reviews

r96sk

A nice, amusing and creative premise. I enjoyed 'Comfort and Joy'. Bill Paterson heads events confidently as Alan, he's fun to watch in the lead. Patrick Malahide ('Game of Thrones', 'Luther') is in there too, while Alex Norton and Roberto Bernardi play their respective...

CinemaSerf

Without any help at all from "Mr. Bridger", the Italian chip shops and ice cream vans of Glasgow are being smashed up. It's only because he takes a bit of a shine to one of the girls in the van that local radio personality "Alan" (Bill Peterson) witnesses one of the assaults and decides that he must...

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