Coast to Coast (1987 film)

Coast to Coast
Directed bySandy Johnson
Written byStan Hey
StarringLenny Henry
John Shea
Music byMotown
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Coast to Coast is a 1987 comedy thriller starring Lenny Henry, John Shea, with support from Peter Vaughan, Pete Postlethwaite, Cherie Lunghi and Al Matthews. It was directed by Sandy Johnson from a script by Stan Hey. It featured a soundtrack of classic Motown tracks. It was originally screened as part of BBC2's Screen Two strand in January 1987.[1] The film had its to-date only cinema screening at BFI Southbank, in December 2016 as part of the BFI's retrospective of Henry's career.[2]

  1. ^ "Screen Two: Coast to Coast". The Radio Times. No. 3293. 1987-01-01. p. 25. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. ^ TBB (2016-12-12). "Sir Lenny Henry in Conversation – BFI Southbank, Tuesday 13th..." The British Blacklist. Retrieved 2020-02-24.