Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.

Ned Beatty
as Josef Locke

Adrian Dunbar
as Micky O'Neill

Tara Fitzgerald
as Nancy Doyle

William Hootkins
as Mr. X

Shirley Anne Field
as Cathleen Doyle

David McCallum
as Jim Abbott

James Nesbitt
as Fintan O'Donnell

John Dair
as Derek

Stephen Marcus
as Gordon

Laurie Morton
as Molly
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I’m not sure I’d ever have had Ned Beatty down as an opera singer, but he holds that role down well in this breezy comedy. It is his Josef Locke who is on the run from HM Inland Revenue and from the doughty policeman “Abbott” (David McCallum) and so finds himself in Eire just as struggling nightclub...