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Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle was raised in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, by his father Joseph, after his mother left him when he was only four. At the age of 21, after reading Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," he enrolled in acting classes at the Glasgow Arts Centre. In 1991, together with four other actors, he founded the Raindog theatre company (named after Tom Waits' album "Rain Dog," one of Carlyle's favorites), a company dedicated to innovative work.
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Carlyle quits British cinema -
17 September 2009
-The Full Monty star Robert Carlyle has vowed to venture away from British cinema - because audiences aren't interested in his movies.-
-The actor believes he gave the performances of his life in his last two films, Summer and I Know You Now, but he's fed up they receiv
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Carlyle would work on Boyle's Porno for free -
11 September 2009
-Scottish actor Robert Carlyle is desperate for Danny Boyle to film the sequel to cult movie Trainspotting - insisting he would "jump though hoops of fire" to star in an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Porno.-
-The Slumdog Millionaire director has long been rumoured to be
Robert Carlyle - what members say
Robert Carlyle - filmography
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Stone of Destiny
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kate Mara, Billy Boyd, Ciaron Kelly
Director: Charles Martin Smith
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The story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of England to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland.
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Summer
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rachael Blake, Steve Evets
Director: Kenneth Glenaan
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Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is their friendship and for Shaun his first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and takes Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years ..read more »
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57%
from 1,335 member
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24 - Redemption
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Director: Jon Cassar
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On the day of the Presidential Inauguration, Jack Bauer finds himself in the midst of a bloody uprising in the small African nation of Sangala. He must risk his life to transport a group of orphans to the American Embassy and sacrifice his own freedom to ensure that they are evacuated out of the ..read more »
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Flood - BLU-RAY Version
(2007)
Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Hardy, David Suchet
Director: Tony Mitchell
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When the rising water levels combine with a deadly tidal wave, the Thames Barrier is powerless to defeat of flood of biblical proportions. With the lives of millions in the balance, a group of experts are called upon to deliver London from total devestation.
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The Last Enemy
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Beesley
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
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When the reclusive Stephen Ezard (Cumberbatch) returns to London for the funeral of his brother Michael (Beesley), he feels like a stranger in his own country. National security fears have transformed Britain into a security state where ID cards are compulsory and armed police patrol the streets. ..read more »
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from 338 members
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28 Weeks Later
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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In this sequel to the cult hit "28 Days Later", Britain has been emptied. There's nobody there. It's completely dead. And six months later the Americans arrive to reboot it back up again. But, of course, something goes wrong...
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65%
from 57,313 members
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Flood
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay
Director: Tony Mitchell
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When a raging storm coincides with high seas the unthinkable happens; A colossal tidal surge slams into the Thames barrier, threatening the lives of millions of Londoners. It falls to three top marine engineers and barrier experts to find a way to save the city from total devastation.
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51%
from 21,544 members
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Eragon - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Edward Speleers, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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Based on the first novel in Christopher Paolini's popular INHERITANCE trilogy, ERAGON is a fantastical adventure in a vein similar to that of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. A classic story of a quest driven by destiny and set in a land where elves, magicians, and humans ..read more »
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from 2,114 members
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Eragon
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Edward Speleers, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg - a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
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from 32,975 members
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Human Trafficking
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Remy Girard
Director: Christian Duguay
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A 16 year-old girl from the Ukraine joins a modeling agency seeking a better life in the United States; in South-East Asia a 12 year-old American girl is on holiday with her parents; in Prague a young mother is swept off her feet by a wealthy businessman. Soon, all these women have disappeared. ..read more »
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from 344 members
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The Mighty Celt
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Robert Carlyle, Sean McGinley
Director: Pearse Elliott
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Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favourite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life ..read more »
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from 5,035 members
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Gunpowder, Treason And Plot
(2004)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Emilia Fox, Paul Nicholls
Director: Gillies Mackinnon
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Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern explores the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son, James I in this BBC drama. Robert Carlyle leads a prestigious cast in this lavish production. Peopled with infamous characters, driven by compelling drama and life with love, lust, politics and prejudice, we ..read more »
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from 736 members
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Once Upon A Time In The Midlands
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke
Director: Shane Meadows
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After his girlfriend turns down a marriage proposal by her decent-but-dull boyfriend, a small-time crook drifts back into town to win back his old flame and pull off one final crime. Will she follow her head or her heart - and can her new beau handle the stiff competition? This smooth operator has ..read more »
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Black And White
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox
Director: Craig Lahiff
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In 1950s Australia, Max Stuart, an illiterate Aborigine, is suddenly arrested by police for murdering a nine year old white girl. He crumbles under interrogation and signs a confession to the killing, signing away his right to life. Robert Carlyle and Kerry Fox play young, naive defence lawyers ..read more »
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from 2,026 members
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To End All Wars
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, Ciaran McMenamin
Director: David L. Cunningham
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Based on Ernest Gordon's autobiographical novel--originally titled "Through The Valley Of The Kwai"--TO END ALL WARS details Gordon's remarkable survival in a World War Two Prisoner Of War camp. As Allied soldiers, Major Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin) and his fellow prisoners are subject to unspeakable ..read more »
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from 2,305 members
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The 51st State
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans
Director: Ronny Yu
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Kilt-wearing master chemist Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) has developed a new drug that is more potent then cocaine or Ecstasy. Best of all, none of the ingredients are illegal, meaning that this substance could easily be sold worldwide. Unfortunately for McElroy, he is caught in the snare of ..read more »
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64%
from 8,329 members
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The Beach
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen
Director: Danny Boyle
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The desire to find something real - to connect with something or someone - is what drives Richard, a young American backpacker who arrives in Thailand with adventure on his mind. Travel, he asserts, is the search for experience, the quest for something different. At a cheap hotel in Bangkok, ..read more »
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Gina McKee
Director: John Hay
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This football fairy tale follows the life of young Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie), a shy Manchester school boy. When an old woman (Jane Lapotaire) rescues Jimmy from being roughed up by bullies, she gives him a pair of boots that belonged to a City legend. Soon Jimmy's on his way to becoming a top ..read more »
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Ravenous
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette
Director: Antonia Bird
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A cowardly American soldier (Guy Pearce) is stationed at an isolated military outpost with a bunch of misfits in Sierra Nevada following the Mexican-American War in 1847. When a dazed survivor (Robert Carlyle) of an unfortunate mountain expedition shows up at the outpost, it isn't long before he ..read more »
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Angela's Ashes
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Emily Watson, Joe Breen
Director: Alan Parker
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ANGELA'S ASHES is the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt (played at various ages by Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge), whose personal memoir became a worldwide phenomenon. When eldest son Frank's baby sister dies and father Malachy (Robert Carlyle) can find no work, ..read more »
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Plunkett And Macleane
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler
Director: Jake Scott
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Will Plunkett (Carlyle) is a common thief who teams up with aristocrat James Macleane to rob from the rich, using their combined social connections and criminal knowhow to become "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when Macleane falls in love with the daughter of one of their wealthy victims, things ..read more »
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64%
from 2,490 members
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The World Is Not Enough
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Judi Dench
Director: Michael Apted
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Complete with ski chases, casino hijinks, high-tech gadgetry, and sultry women, the 19th installment in the James Bond franchise features the increasingly at ease Pierce Brosnan in his third appearance as 007, in a race to save the world's oil supply. Sophie Marceau (BRAVEHEART) stars as Elektra ..read more »
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from 17,850 members
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The Full Monty
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy
Director: Peter Cattaneo
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In hopes of raising a few quid after their steel factory shuts down, a desperate group of working-class blokes in Sheffield decide to form an exotic male dance troupe, a la Chippendales, with one difference despite their, well, average-at-best physiques, they're going to go the full monty, meaning ..read more »
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Face
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steven Waddington
Director: Antonia Bird
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A thirty five year old villain gets set to score... big time. But the three million tally is well down and now the thieves are looking to each other for the shortfall...
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63%
from 3,275 members
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Trainspotting - BLU-RAY Version
(1995)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Director: Danny Boyle
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A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton (Ewan McGregor), a brash twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Tommy (Kevin ..read more »
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Trainspotting
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Director: Danny Boyle
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Smart, funny, sickly and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero of our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never dreamed of, this is the story of Mark and his so-called friends--a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. This tragi-comedy charts ..read more »
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from 54,573 members
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Riff Raff
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt
Director: Ken Loach
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Director Ken Loach's concern for the plight of the working man takes a comic turn in this gritty film starring Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as Stevie, a young Scotsman who finds a construction job in the north of London turning an old hospital into luxury condos. Like most of the largely non-..read more »
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Monroe - Class Of 76
on DVD
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Daniel Mays, Claire Skinner
Director: Ashley Pearce
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When Detective Tom Monroe is called to investigate the apparent suicide of Pat Fisher, he discovers that the deceased had a fixation with the unsolved death of a schoolfriend in 1976. To solve the mystery in the present day, Monroe must first revisit the past...
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Hamish Macbeth - Season 3
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Shirley Henderson
Director: Jonas Grimas
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Acclaimed actor Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) stars as police constable Hamish Macbeth in this TV crime drama series, which is set in a small Scottish town. Macbeth's relationship with the town forms the backbone of the plot; constantly bringing the various miscreants who dwell there to justice, ..read more »
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Hamish Macbeth - Season 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Robert Carlyle
Director: Nicholas Renton, Maddie Fletcher
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Hamish Macbeth is Lochdubh's local Police Constable who's avoiding a promotion and would do anything for a quiet life. In his much loved coastal town, a quiet life is the last thing he'll get. Join the residents of Lochdubh for the second instalment of the Highland drama, based on the novels by M.C...read more »
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from 663 members
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Carla's Song
on DVD
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn
Director: Ken Loach
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Paul Laverty drew on his experiences as a lawyer working with human rights groups in Nicaragua in writing the script for CARLA'S SONG, which stars Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as George, a Glasgow bus driver. Attracted to Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a beautiful but impoverished Nicaraguan woman who ..read more »
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Cracker - Series 2, Episode 8 - Men Shou...
to Watch Now
(1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Jean Stewart
Certificate: 
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Run time: 50 minutes
Floyd calls Fitz on a radio talk show and recieves a "suggestion" that he kill his future rape victims. D.C.I. Wise visits Sgt. Penhaligon and is told that she was raped. Floyd is arrested twice more in this episode, though not for the rape; he threatens D.C. Harriman (?)'s wife and later does, ..read more »
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Cracker - Series 2, Episode 1 - To Be a ...
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(1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Tim Fywell
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Run time: 50 minutes
Albie Kinsella is angry at the world. He has just buried his father who died from a prolonged bout with cancer. Albie was a good son who took care of his father all of that time. His wife left him several years before, but he was always a good father to his daughter and always made sure his wife ..read more »
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Cracker - Series 2, Episode 7 - Men Shou...
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(1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Jean Stewart
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Fitz is assisting the police in identifying a serial rapist. Floyd Malcolm was scarred as a child, both physically and mentally. He now preys on women, often the wives of people he knows. His pattern is always the same: he wears a mask and after raping his victims he chats with them, as if he wants ..read more »
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Cracker - Series 2, Episode 4 - The Big ...
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(1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Julian Jarrold
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Run time: 50 minutes
Kenneth Trant is from all appearances a well-respected member of the community. He is the Headmaster of a local school and is leader of his own church, The Fellowship of Souls. That is until his sister-in-law sees him making love to a 17-year old member of the congregation. She tells his wife what ..read more »
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Cracker - Series 1, Episode 4 - To Say I...
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(1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Andy Wilson
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Fitz takes DS Penhaligon to a restaurant, knowing that Judith will be there on a date, then turns a Gamblers Anonymous meeting into a card game. Meanwhile, Sean and Tina murder DS Giggs, then record a video diary for the police, claiming self-defence. Fitz appears on TV, profiling the killers, who ..read more »
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Cracker - Series 1, Episode 5 - To Say I...
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(1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Andy Wilson
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Run time: 50 minutes
Judith tells Fitz that she wants to come home, but that she has slept with her new boyfriend. Fitz interrogates Tina, who reveals that her sister will be Sean's next victim. The police race to catch him, but Fitz has to intervene to prevent Sean from carring out his plan.
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the second best bond film, great! 13 June 2004
...he evil terrorist Victor Zockas a. k. a. Renard the russian anarchist. Renard [ Robert Carlyle] had captured and tortured young woman named Elektra King played by Sophie Marc...
An entertaining Sunday afternoon Film. 22 February 2004
