The Legend of Barney Thomson
Synopsis
Barney's mother Cemolina isn't much help either, she has a dark secret of her own to keep hidden. And what about police inspector Holdall who's started to sniff around the case?
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Director
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Robert Carlyle 1st Feature
- Producer
- Brian Coffey, Holly Brydson, Richard Cowan, Kaleena Kiff, John G Lenic
- Executive Producer
- Doug Apatow, Kirk D’Amico
- Editor
- Mike Banas
- Screenwriter
- Colin McLaren (screenwriter), Richard Cowan (screenwriter), Douglas Lindsay (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Fabian Wagner
- Production Designer
- Ross Dempster
- Composer
- Antony Genn, Martin Slattery
- Principal cast
- Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston, James Cosmo
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Sigma Films
Film City GlasgowSummertown Road
Glasgow
G51 2QJ
Sales Company
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