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Gumshoe Details

1971

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Private eye Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) thinks he's Bogart -- if Bogie was a compere at a Merseyside bingo -- but his latest case may have bamboozled even Raymond Chandler himself. Accompanied by a mesmerising Andrew Lloyd Webber score, Frears' post-modern dismantling of the American detective genre revels in British locations .. Read more

Starring	Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Fulton MacKay, Frank Finlay
Director	Stephen Frears
Genres	Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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Starring	Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Fulton MacKay, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule
Director	Stephen Frears
Studio	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 34 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 22 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 1971 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 15 Jun 2011 To Rent: DVD: 20 Sep 2010
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- A beautifully observed and hilariously funny film about a bingo-caller in a Liverpool working-men's club (Finney) who... read more on Time Out
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  The dangers of eccentricity
  
  In Billy Liar, the central character annoyed others but endeared himself to the audience; in this picture, the audience is likely to be annoyed as well, which ... read more »
  
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  Slightly Dated Pastiche
  
  I was really looking forward to this one, but somehow it seemed older than it's forty years. I know it was supposed to be a pastiche of Raymond Chandler, ... read more »
  
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  Another NETWORK title we can't hire.
  
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  Private eye Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) thinks he's Bogart -- if Bogie was a compere at a Merseyside bingo -- but his latest case may have bamboozled even Raymond Chandler himself. Accompanied by a mesmerising Andrew Lloyd Webber score, Frears' post-modern dismantling of the American detective ...