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Your Favourite British Films Name your favourite British film or make a case for an underrated classic.


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Old 10-03-2007, 11:35 PM
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Stephen Frears first feature, excellent cast, Albert Finney, Frank Finlay, Billie Whitelaw, and the man who steals it for me, Fulton MacKay.

This spoof of the hardboiled Chandler detective fiction, centred around a bingo caller/comedian at a Liverpool working man's club, who places an ad in the local rag, offering his services as a P.I., (no divorce work), that leads him into becoming involved in investigating an arms smuggling ring, that plays a little to close to home, is a little gem. good script from Neville Smith.

Time it was released on DVD.


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Wasn't it filmed partly in Birkenhead's Hamilton Square?
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I love this film too, for lots of reasons and I too have been waiting for the DVD release - I did however manage to get a copy from TCM
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can anyone help me get hold of these two films,as far as i can tell neither have been released on vhs or dvd.
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I have an old VHS recording of GUMSHOE, could copy to DVD if you liked.
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that would most excellent,very much appreciated!
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Gumshoe was on TCM over a year ago and just the once. Luckily I got a copy.
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