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The Smoke

Synopsis

City lawyer Brad Walker (Matt di'Angelo) is having the worst day of his life. His high-maintenance girlfriend Sasha (Anna Passey) has left him for his so-called friend Tom (Christian Brassington) and to add insult to injury, he's been fired too. On a night out drowning his sorrows with old friend Dean (Jeff Leach), he overhears a conversation between Phil (Darren Ripley) and Ben (Stephen Marcus) - two drug dealers working for small-time gangster Jack (Alan Ford) - that will change his life forever...

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
89 min
Format
35mm
Director
Ben Pickering 1st Feature
Producer
Andrew Ornitharis
Co-Producer
Darren Ripley
Executive Producer
Simon Maine-Tucker
Editor
Ben Nugent
Screenwriter
Darren Ripley
Director of Photography
Bruce Melhuish
Production Designer
Adriana Iacovou
Sound
David Sohanpal
Composer
Luke Corradine
Principal cast
Matt Di Angelo, Anna Passey, Lili Bordan, Alan Ford, Steven Marcus, Velibor Topic

Genre

Action

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Slate 4 Films

Sales Company

East West (world), Carnaby (UK)

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