Deasey (Desperate)
Deasey is a dreamer - torn between earning his precarious living as reporter on the London end of a Dublin paper, and writing the 'Great Irish Novel'. Perhaps a meeting with old friend, pop-star Noel, will clarify things in his unclear mind? But then again, perhaps it won't.
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Cast
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Bill Nighy
Deasy
Known for
About Time
Castlevania
T. P. McKenna
FG
Known for
Straw Dogs
Jack the Ripper
Farrell Sheridan
Noel Dunphy
Also in
A Bridge Too Far
Rating Notman
Patricia Quinn
Deirdre
Known for
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Christopher Ryan
Clive
Known for
The Young Ones
Bottom
Rynagh O'Grady
Barmaid
Known for
Father Ted
Dorothy Mills
Rob Walker Director · Ron Hutchinson Writer
First release December 6, 1979
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 6, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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