Project Detail

The Fall of Shug McCracken

Synopsis

When Glasgow City Parts employee, Shug McCracken, gets caught stealing money from the takings for the public tennis courts he blames mice for his crime.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins
Format
35mm, DigiBeta
Director
David Andrew Ward
Producer
Garfield Kennedy, David Griffith
Editor
Scott D. Hanson, Darren Mostyn
Screenwriter
Robbie McCallum
Director of Photography
David Blood
Sound
Michael Floreale
Principal cast
James Ramsay, Frank Gallagher

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Posh Pictures

420 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)141 946 2693

mail@poshpic.com

Sales Company

Scottish Screen

2nd Floor
249 West George Street
Glasgow G2 4QE, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)141 302 1756

bryony.mcintyre@scottishscreen.com

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