Scrubbers

Scrubbers
DVD cover
Directed byMai Zetterling
Written by
  • Mai Zetterling
  • Susannah Buxton
  • Roy Minton
  • Jeremy Watt
Produced byDon Boyd
Starring
Distributed byHandMade Films
Release date
  • 24 September 1982 (1982-09-24)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£600,000[1]

Scrubbers is a 1982 British drama film directed by Mai Zetterling and produced by Don Boyd starring Amanda York, Eva Mottley, Kathy Burke, and Chrissie Cotterill. It was shot primarily in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was inspired by the success of the 1979 film Scum.

A novel based on the film, and also entitled Scrubbers, was written by Alexis Lykiard and published in London by W. H. Allen & Co. in 1982.[2]

  1. ^ Robert Sellers, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: The Inside Story of HandMade Films, Metro, 2003, pp. 102–108.
  2. ^ "Scrubbers", Alexis Lykiard website.

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