---
title: 'Comfort and Joy (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bill Forsyth'
released: '1984-05-17'
runtime_minutes: 105
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/comfort-and-joy-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087072/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Comfort and Joy (1984)

1984 · PG · 105 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Comfort and Joy is a 1984 Scottish comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Bill Paterson as a radio disc jockey whose life undergoes a bizarre upheaval after his girlfriend leaves him. After he witnesses an attack on an ice cream van by angry competitors, he becomes entangled in a turf war over Glasgow's ice cream market. The film received a BAFTA Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1985.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bill Forsyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-forsyth)
- **Screenplay:** [Bill Forsyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-forsyth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Knopfler](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-knopfler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Chris Menges](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-menges)

## Cast

- [Patrick Malahide](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-malahide)
- [Caroline Guthrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-guthrie)
- [Eleanor David](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-david)
- [Bill Paterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-paterson)
- [Clare Grogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/clare-grogan)
- [Rikki Fulton](https://cinepixo.com/people/rikki-fulton)
- [George Rossi](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-rossi)
- [Alex Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-norton)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/comfort-and-joy-1984
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