"Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism."
Brinsley Forde
as Blue
Trevor Laird
as Beefy
Karl Howman
as Ronnie
Brian Bovell
as Spark
Victor Romero Evans
as Lover Boy
David N. Haynes
as Errol
Archie Pool
as Dreadhead
T-Bone Wilson
as Wesley
Mel Smith
as Alan
Mark Monero
as Carlton
Beverly Michaels
as Elaine
Yvonne Agard
as Mrs Watts
Alan Igbon
as Ruppie
Stefan Kalipha
as Fat Larry
Maggie Steed
as Woman at lock up garage
Bill Moody
as Racist Man on balcony
Gary Whelan
as C.I.D Detective #2
Vilma Hollingbery
as Woman in Street
Beverley Dublin
as Sandra
King Sounds
as Compere
Cynthia Powell
as Mum
Ann Duncan
as Beefy's Girl
Malcolm Frederick
as Wolf
Patrick Worrall
as Spooky
Anthony Trent
as The Fence
Derek Broome
as Bus Conductor
Peter Lovstrom
as Young Man on balcony
Charles Cork
as C.I.D Detective #1
Paul Greenhalgh
as Gay Man
Donovan Platt
as William
Michael Gunn
as Detective at door #1
Harry Miller
as Detective at door #2
David Gant
as Police Comissioner
Cosmo Laidlaw
as Rastaman
Shaka
as Shaka
Franco Rosso
Director
Martin Stellman
Writer
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Edward Tise
Sound Mixer
Ray Corbett
Production Manager
Jennie Raglan
Production Assistant
Sheila Trezise
Casting Director
John Chandler
Steve Tickner
Camera Operator
Roy Cornwall
Focus Puller
Patrick Cassavetti
Location Manager
Ted Whitby
Grip
Nicolas Gaster
ADR Editor
David Jordan
Props
Peter Baldock
Caroline Sax
Continuity
Barry Arnold
Raymond Day
Assistant Director
John Barlow
Ken Wheatley
Art Direction
Kant Pan
Assistant Editor
Rachel Neale
Producer's Assistant
Ronnie Rampton
Gaffer
Celia Barnett
Veronica McAuliffe
Wardrobe Master
Tony Hedges
Accountant
Daryl Bristow
Paul Carr
ADR Mixer
Brian Savegar
Thomas Schwalm
Editor
Gavrik Losey
Producer