Alive and Kicking
7.7
Gritty and powerful Screen One film that takes an unflinching look at drug addiction. Lenny Henry plays a dealer convinced he is untouchable, Robbie Coltrane the ex-gangster turned drug counsellor who is determined to break him. Writer Al Hunter (The Firm) was inspired by the true story of a football team founded to help drug addicts kick their habit.
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Lenny Henry
Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
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Robbie Coltrane
Liam Kane
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Annabelle Apsion
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Call the Midwife
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Jane Horrocks
Gail
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Chicken Run
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Geff Francis
Barry Serradilla
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Ashes to Ashes
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Paul Barber
Earl Preston
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Going Postal
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Imogen Boorman
Hayley Forbes-Clinton
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Beresford Le Roy
Leroy
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Jerome
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Black Sails
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Cal MacAninch
Axle
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Time
Nick Dunning
David Freeman
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The Tudors
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Mark Anthony Newman
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Robert Young Director · Al Hunter Ashton Writer Mykael S. Riley Composer
First release October 13, 1991 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 13, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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