Michael Ripper who is credited as 'The Common man' plays 7 parts - Man selling from suitcase, Employment exchange clerk, passenger on bus, amusement arcade attendant, road sweeper, park keeper and man in cinema.
Barry Bethel, who plays one of the lads, had played the lead in the stage version. Avis Bunnage, playing Alf's mother, was retained from the original show..
Michael Ripper's role as the Common Man includes him appearing as An amusement arcade attendant, a street hawker, a cafe owner, a bus passenger, a road sweeper, a park keeper an a cinema patron.
Based on a stage musical performed at Stratford East Theatre, London.
When Alf is looking in the windows of the music places you can see Alan Klein's record Striped Purple Shirt in the Pan-Musik one.