Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Thatcher's Britain with her knickers down
1987 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Alan Clarke |
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| Writer: | Andrea Dunbar |
| Staring: |
| Rita and Sue are two teenagers living on a run-down council estate in Bradford, who both share a job babysitting for Bob and Michelle's children. Whilst giving them a lift home one night, Bob decides to take Rita and Sue up to a deserted, country-side landscape. Clearly knowing what he has in mind, Rita and Sue are only too happy to oblige and both have a sexual encounter with him that becomes a regular occurrence. | |
| Release Date: | May 20, 1987 |
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| Director: | Alan Clarke |
| Writer: | Andrea Dunbar |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | infidelity, northern england, yorkshire, sexual promiscuity, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, schoolgirl, cheat on wife, married man |
| Production Companies | British Screen, Umbrella Films, Film4 Productions, Oscar Lewenstein Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michelle Holmes | Sue |
| Siobhan Finneran | Rita |
| George Costigan | Bob |
| Lesley Sharp | Michelle |
| Kulvinder Ghir | Aslam |
| Willie Ross | Sue's Father |
| Danny O'Dea | Paddy |
| Maureen Long | Rita's Mother |
| Patti Nicholls | Sue's Mother |
| Joyce Pembroke | Lawnmower Lil |
| Bernard Wrigley | Teacher |
| Jane Atkinson | Helen |
| Bryan Heeley | Michael |
| Paul Oldham | Lee |
| David Britton | Rita's Brother |
| Stuart Goodwin | Rita's Brother |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Kamen | Original Music Composer |
| Alan Clarke | Director |
| Steve Singleton | Editor |
| Catherine Cook | Costume Design |
| Beverley Keogh | Casting |
| Mike Gowans | Assistant Director |
| Ivan Strasburg | Director of Photography |
| Len Huntingford | Production Design |
| Andrea Dunbar | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Patsy Pollock | Co-Producer |
| Oscar Lewenstein | Executive Producer |
| Sanford Lieberson | Producer |
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