An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
Cast
Liam Neeson
Danny Scoular
Joanne Whalley
Beth Scoular
Billy Connolly
Frankie
Ian Bannen
Matt Mason
Hugh Grant
Gordon
Maurice Roëves
Cam Colvin
Pat Roach
Billy
Kenny Ireland
Tony
Tom Watson
Tommy Brogan
Julie Graham
Melanie
John Beattie
Beth's Father
Amanda Walker
Beth's Mother
George Rossi
Eddie
Peter Mullan
Vince
Douglas Henshall
Davie Dawson
Sean Scanlan
Alan
Juliet Cadzow
Margaret Mason
Jack Shepherd
Referee
Rab Affleck
Cutty Dawson
Jonathan Hackett
Roddy Stewart
Phil McCall
Sandy the Chemist
Michael Marra
Alex the Butcher
Ralph Riach
Laundry Manager
James Copeland
Sam
Joseph Greig
Willie
Carol Ann Muir
Sandra
Andrew Meaden
Wee Danny
Ashleigh Thomas
Young Kate
Macarena Domenguez
Woman at Pool
Ken Drury
Stalker
Carla Cannon
Fiona Mason
Subash Singh Pall
Drinker
Crew
David Leland
Director
Don MacPherson
Screenplay
William McIlvanney
Book, Producer
George Akers
Editor
Charles Ireland
Assistant Editor
Ian Wilson
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
David Brown
First Assistant Director, Production Manager
Gus Maclean
Second Assistant Director
Neil Calder
Third Assistant Director
Diane Chittell
Production Coordinator
Nik Powell
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Co-Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Co-Executive Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen
Production Supervisor
Stephen Woolley
Producer
Redmond Morris
Associate Producer
Tommy Gormley
Production Runner
Caroline Amies
Production Design
Dennis Kington
Steadicam Operator
Abi Cohen
Casting Assistant
Susie Figgis
Casting
Kate Carin
Wardrobe Supervisor
Mary-Jane Reyner
Costume Design
Iain Macaulay
Wardrobe Assistant
Annie McEwan
Hairdresser
Jenny Shircore
Makeup Designer
Robert McCann
Assistant Makeup Artist
Tim Lewiston
Sound Effects Editor
John Ireland
Sound Effects Editor
Les Wiggins
Sound Effects Editor
Terry Busby
Sound Effects Editor
Peter Best
Supervising Sound Editor
Bob Mullen
Assistant Sound Editor
Kevin Tayler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Otto Snel
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Colin Nicolson
Sound Mixer
Becky Thomson
Sound Assistant
Tony Cook
Boom Operator
Mike Dowson
Foley Mixer, ADR Mixer
Norman Smith
Chief Lighting Technician
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Louise Coulter
Production Accountant
Michael Garland
Assistant Accountant
Mike Valentine
Underwater Camera
Zoe MacLeod
Set Dresser
Ross Balfour
Construction Manager
Hector Chronos
Props
Tom Hilton
Still Photographer
Pat Rambaut
Script Supervisor
George Thompson
Electrician
Steve Griffiths
Electrician
Micky Hand
Best Boy Electric
Brian Donovan
Location Manager
Andrew MacDonald Brown
Location Assistant
David Balfour
Property Master
Lorna Will
Clapper Loader
Anna-Lisa Muscatelli
Translator
Malcolm Huse
Grip
Ken Byrne
Focus Puller
Brian McGee
Generator Operator
Susan Slonaker
Executive In Charge Of Production
Colleen Woodcock
Publicist
Andy Harris
Art Direction
Tom Brown
Art Direction
