Liam

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.

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  Ian Hart

  Dad
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  Dave Hart

  Con
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  Megan Burns

  Teresa
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  Anne Reid

  Mrs. Abernathy
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  Jane Gurnett

  Mrs Samuels
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  Julia Deakin

  Aggie
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  Andrew Schofield

  Tom
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  Martin Hancock

  David
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  Arnold Brown

  Pawnbroker
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  Stephen Walters

  Black shirt