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Harrigan

Synopsis

Amongst the Desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden sink estate in northern England, one man becomes involved into saving what little decency and community life exists. It's the winter of 1974 power cuts and coal strikes cripple the country, which is reduced to a 3 day working week alongside Police 'centralisation'. Everything it seems is falling apart along with the community's only hope and protector, the nearly retired Detective Sergeant Barry Harrigan.
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Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 min
Director
Vince Woods
Producer
Kirsty Bell, Vince Woods
Editor
Michael Pentney
Screenwriter
Arthur McKenzie
Director of Photography
James McAleer
Production Designer
Sarah Beaman
Composer
James Edward Barker
Principal cast
Stephen Tompkinson, Gillian Kearney, Craig Conway, Ronnie Fox, Darren Morfitt, Mark Stobbart, Amy Manson, Maurice Roeves, Bill Fellows

Genre

Action

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

TallTree Pictures

151 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 5BB
Tel: +44 20 71479948

Sales Company

STS Media

London
Tel: +44 (0)7977067948

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