The Commitments
14/08/1991
2h

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Cast


Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte


Michael Aherne
Steven Clifford


Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke


Maria Doyle Kennedy
Natalie Murphy


Dave Finnegan
Mickah Wallace


Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin
Félim Gormley
Dean Fay


Glen Hansard
Outspan Foster


Dick Massey
Billy Mooney


Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan


Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully


Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe


Colm Meaney
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.


Anne Kent
Mrs. Rabbitte


Andrea Corr
Sharon Rabbitte
Gerard Cassoni
Darren Rabbitte
Ruth Fairclough
Rabbitte Twin
Lindsay Fairclough
Rabbitte Twin
Michael O'Reilly
Greg


Liam Carney
Duffy


Ger Ryan
Pawnbroker


Mark O'Regan
Father Molloy


Phelim Drew
Roddy the Reporter


Sean Hughes
Dave from Eeijit Records
Philip Bredin
Ray
Aoife Lawless
Imelda's Sister


Lance Daly
Kid with Harmonica
Conor Malone
Protest Song Singer
Jezz Bell
Heavy Metal Singer
Colm MacConiomare
Fiddler
Emily Dawson
Punk Girl Singer
Dave Kane
Coconuts Trio
Kristel Harris
Coconuts Trio
Maria Place
Coconuts Trio
Brian MacAodha
Uileann Pipe Player
Tricia Smith
Les Miserables Singer
Canice William
Smiths' Song Singer
Patrick Foy
Cajun Trio
Alan Murray
Cajun Trio
Jody Campbell
Cajun Trio


Eanna MacLiam
Failed Drug Buyer
Philomena Kavanagh
Rabbittes Neighbour
Peter Rowen
Shy Skateboard Auditioner
Eamonn O'Conner
Only De Lonely Singer


Maura O'Malley
Joey's Mother
Blaise Smith
Pool Hall Manager
Derek Herbert
Duffy's Sidekick


Owen O'Gorman
Duffy's Sidekick
Pat Leavy
Unemployment Official


John Cronin
Kid with Horse
Rynagh O'Grady
Bernie's Mother


Sheila Flitton
Church Cleaner
Michael Bolger
Community Centre Kid
Mick Nolan
Imelda's Father
Eileen Reid
Imelda's Mother
Bob Navan
Regency Pub Barman
Derek Duggan
Photographer
Paddy O'Connor
Rock Salmon Man
Paul Bushnell
Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band / Eejit Engineer


Jim Corr
Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band
Larry Hogan
Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band
Bernard Keelan
Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band
Ronan Hardiman
Dancehall Manager
Mikel Murfi
Music Journalist
Josylen Lyons
Deco's Fan
Winston Dennis
Man in Limo


Alan Parker
Eejit Record Producer


Sharon Corr
Fiddle Player (uncredited)


Caroline Corr
(uncredited)
Gilbert White
Aul lad with horse (uncredited)
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