Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director
Alan Parker
Writers
Screenplay by
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Roddy Doyle
Based on The Commitments
Roddy Doyle
Cast
Robert Arkins as Jimmy Rabbitte – manager
Michael Aherne as Steven Clifford – piano, keyboards
Angeline Ball as Imelda Quirke – vocals
Maria Doyle as Natalie Murphy – vocals
Dave Finnegan as Mickah Wallace – drums
Bronagh Gallagher as Bernadette "Bernie" McGloughlin – vocals
Félim Gormley as Dean Fay – alto saxophone
Glen Hansard as Outspan Foster – guitars
Dick Massey as Billy Mooney – drums
Johnny Murphy as Joey "The Lips" Fagan – trumpet
Kenneth McCluskey as Derek Scully – bass
Andrew Strong as Deco Cuffe – lead vocals
Colm Meaney as Mr. Rabbitte
Anne Kent as Mrs. Rabbitte
Andrea Corr as Sharon Rabbitte
Gerard Cassoni as Darren Rabbitte
Ruth & Lindsay Fairclough as the Rabbitte Twins